[wellylug] help on modutils

Richard Clark richard at redspider.co.nz
Thu May 20 07:56:12 NZST 2004


> Hi
> 
> Can anyone help me with the correct syntax for loading a module at boot 
> time using modutils. The various manpages tell me where to put the 
> module reference (in a file under the /etc/modutils/ directory) but not 
> what the syntax is, or maybe I'm being thick. All the files I have in 
> that directory use the alias syntax - this appears to provide a 
> reference to the loaded module under a different name.
> 
> I want to load a module called asus_acpi, If I use
> 
> modprobe asus_acpi
> 
> from a root console it loads successfully and performs as expected.

Just checking, I assume there's some reason you don't want to just put a line
containing "asus_acpi" in /etc/modules ?

Richard.

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