/etc/modules.conf versus /etc/modprobe.conf

[Marc Schwartz]

On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 21:34, Ben Vitale wrote:
> /etc/modules.conf
> /etc/modprobe.conf
> 
> Are these files related/the same/different versions for different 
> kernels?? A lot of "fixes" (e.g. turning off ipv6, correcting sound card 
> problems) require making changes to one of these.. and now I have a mess 
> of similarities and differences between the two files.
> 
> Can someone clarify please, thanks.
> 
> Ben


/etc/modules.conf: used with 2.4 series kernels.

/etc/modprobe.conf: used with 2.6 series kernels.

You should only have one of them on your system.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz