Slamr and slmodemd

[Paul Howarth]

Chadley Wilson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> Please help me out here.
> I have  /sbin/modprobe slamr in rc.local
> Then I have /etc/init.d/slmodemd set to runlevels 345 to start.
> 
> The problem is the slamr module loads after the slmodemd scripts runs
> I have tried placing install slamr /bin/true in /etc/modprobe.conf 
> and /etc/modprobe.conf.dists and  /etc/modprobe.conf.local but the slamr 
> module doesn't load at all
> 
> I also tried creating a modules.conf with 0755 permissions and 
> adding /sbin/modprobe slamr to it but then it also doesn't load at at all.
> I know it is obselete but I thought is was worth a try.
> 
> 
> Where else can I put it so that it loads before the slmodemd script is started

One option might to be to put it in your initrd, using mkinitrd with the 
"--with=slamr" option.

Alternatively, could create an initscript in /etc/rc.d/init.d with a 
"start" number lower than the one for /etc/rc.d/rc?.d/slmodemd so that 
it gets run before that one.

Paul.