SUSE: 'modprobe' on bootup.

unreal128 · 03-26-2005, 08:33 PM

I have an SMC 8416BT card (smc-ultra) running on SuSE 9.1 and the card isn't being detected upon bootup. I have tried the "modprobe.conf" with both i/o, irq and without but it never configures upon bootup. Although when I run it from the command line as 'modprobe smc-ultra' it picks up just fine. I am sort of awkward with the runlevel type on SuSE since I am coming from slackware.

Also, if anyone knows of any good SuSE docs, please let me know. Most of the admin/support stuff brushes over alot of areas.

coolamit78 · 03-27-2005, 11:37 AM

1. create a file, lets say

vi '/usr/local/startup.sh'

and just put 'modprobe smc-ultra' without quotes in this file.

2. make it executable
chmod +x /usr/local/startup.sh

3. now open the file 'rc.local'.
It would be there in /etc/rc.d/ (This is where it is in Red Hat ...note this path/file may vary according to distro)

4. In this file just add the following line at the end
/usr/local/startup.sh

Thats it....now your module will be loaded everytime your machine boots...!

--amit

pAn1k · 03-27-2005, 03:03 PM

an easier way to do that would be to put the commad you want to run at start up (modprobe ..whatever) in /etc/init.d/boot.local

Have fun!

unreal128 · 03-29-2005, 01:33 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys! Although, I want to find the SuSE way of doing it and actually fix why it isn't loading upon bootup. "rc.local" doesn't exist on the SuSE distro and the "init.d/load.modules" is more for loading it directly from the kernel. I am wondering if I should just rebuild the kernel with the 'smc-ultra' support natively.

Pete M · 03-29-2005, 01:46 PM

unreal128

Yast > System > /etc/sysconfig Editor, open System, down and open Kernel, Second option MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT click this with your mouse, enter module name on right

Think this is the Suse way

Pete

unreal128 · 03-29-2005, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the reply. Looks like this was the silver bullet. 'ifconfig' now shows that eth0 is loaded and with the proper params.

Pete M · 03-29-2005, 03:49 PM

unreal128

Glad I could help, have fun

Pete