modprobe

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:29:10PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:49:36 -0700 (MST), brad.mugleston at comcast.net
> <brad.mugleston at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> > >
> > > /etc/modules.conf has been replaced by /etc/modprobe.conf.
> > >
> > 
> > OK, so I have the modprobe.conf file - any suggestions?
> > 
> > I only have ONE kernel loaded as I haven't done an update yet.
> > I'd tried this before and ran into the kernel problem so I
> > re-installed everything to get a fresh start (my notebook has
> > nothing on it but Linux and I keep it very clean so I can just
> > format and install without worries.
> > 
> > One thing I've done different this time is I used the rpm to
> > install ndiswrapper - I'm assuming it did everything in up to the
> > point of "ndiswrapper -i bcmw15.inf" which is where I started
> > from but everyone knows what assume means.
> 
> This could be part of the problem. I built from source and got a bit further.
> 
> Please do
> 
> uname -a
> 
> and 

If you installed it today, you will need to run (as root) "updatedb"
before you run ...

> slocate ndiswrapper | grep .ko

(s)locate works from a database that is built every morning around
4am.

> and report the results back. If this was the wrong RPM then it might
> have placed the module in the wrong directory for your kernel.
> 
> > 
> > I'm at home today (on and off) so I'll check back in so any
> > suggestions would be great.
> > 
> > Brad

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.