I have slackware linux

My problem is i have to type "modprobe sk98lin" everytime at root to enable my 3com gigabit card so i can surf the net. Is there a way so this command is automatically started on boot?

And how would i go about doing this for other things such as apache and no-ip updater?


Thx for you help!

look in /etc/rc.d. there are several scripts in there you can modify. for your card, go to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and add the line (go down a little bit in the file, where the other modprobe lines are):

/sbin/modprobe xxx (you'll see what I mean, it's a well commented file ).

for the other things, maybe put them in /etc/rc.d/rc.local or make a script for them like the others (in rc.c/ you will see scripts for things like alsa, cups, lprng, etc.. you could follow thier syntax and make a script to start the things you want. if you go this route, make sure when you're done creating the scripts to make them executable).

I think that rc scripts are for running services on startup. For modules you should modify something like /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modules.d/i386 ... this depends on your distribution (sorry, I don't have slackware). Eventually you will need to run modules-update.

Hope it helps...

in slack rc.modules is for loading modules at boot ( you have to see the file to know what i mean)

Thx for you help, I'll give it a whirl.