modprobe warnings

[Ian Chapman]

On 24/06/09 00:49, Beartooth TpBkR wrote:
> 	One machine always gives me warnings during boot, saying that
> modprobe.conf is deprecated, and that all conf files belong into [sic] /
> etc/modprobe.d
>
> 	Do I simply become root and run "mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/
> modprobe.d"?? (Or the equivalent using drag-&-drop, with modprobe.d open
> to receive it??)

Yep, pretty much.

> 	If it's that simple, why doesn't the software just do it?

Good question. Could be a number of reasons really, no clean upgrade 
route through rpm, high visibility that it'll be deprecated, users 
wondering where they /etc/modprobe.conf file disappeared to etc.

-- 
Ian Chapman.