Modules not inserted at boot?

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Fri Jul 21 16:17:37 UTC 2006


Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> I have a custom driver and it lives over in
> /lib/modules/2.6.9/kernel/drivers/serial/usb and the driver works fine
> but when I reboot, it's not getting installed at boot time; I have to do
> a manual modprobe and insert it.
> 
> How can I fix this?

Adding a script to modprobe it in /etc/sysconfig/modules/ would work on 
FC5, but if you're using something older, which judging by the 2.6.9 
kernel you are, you'll probably have to add the modprobe to rc.local.

Paul.




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