Slamr and slmodemd

[Paul Howarth]

Chadley Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2005 09:34, Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>>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.
> 
> With the mkinitrd option ould I have to reconfigure grub?

Only if you call the new initrd a different name than the current one.

Paul.