Can I recover a modprobe.conf from the running list of modules?

[Pasha R]

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 07:34 -0500, Mike Burger wrote:
> The subject says it all, eh?
> 
> I'm a dope...I deleted my modprobe.conf file...and all backup copies, too
> 
> I'm trying to find a way to regenerate my modprobe.conf, from the 
> currently running modules.  Is thre a way to do so?
> 
> Help.
> 
> I really need to learn not to use my computer in the morning.

I don't know how well it will work, but you may remove (or rather move
to a backup location) the file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, then run kudzu.
This way kudzu should re-detect your hardware and create appropriate
entries in modprobe.conf.