Can't stop scrolling in Gentoo Install

cxiii · 12-10-2005, 09:02 PM

I'm installing Gentoo and have a problem configuring the kernel.

When I try to view all availiable modules to automatically load,the scrolling won't stop so I can see all of them. Here's the command:

# find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko'

Is this important or can I skip it?

Here's the link:
Code Listing 23: Viewing all available modules
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...?part=1&chap=7

I haven't yet successfully installedd it yet and for some reason I can't get membership on the Gentoo forum at their site.

Will

musicman_ace · 12-11-2005, 12:51 AM

you can skip it. If you happen to know which modules would be critical for your system, you could manually put them in the modules.autoload file, but I've never had a problem and I usually skip that part.

musicman_ace · 12-11-2005, 12:53 AM

you can skip it. If you happen to know which modules would be critical for your system, you could manually put them in the modules.autoload file, but I've never had a problem and I usually skip that part.
If you wanted, there are two options to view all the modules.

Option1

Code:

find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | less

Option2
Once the command is finished, hold down the shift key and press page up. That will scroll back up the screen to see what modules went by to quickly.

XavierP · 12-11-2005, 06:21 AM

As this is not an LFS question I have moved it to Linux-Distributions.

gruven · 12-11-2005, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musicman_ace

you can skip it. If you happen to know which modules would be critical for your system, you could manually put them in the modules.autoload file, but I've never had a problem and I usually skip that part.
If you wanted, there are two options to view all the modules.

Option1

Code:

find /lib/modules/<kernel version>/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko' | less

Option2
Once the command is finished, hold down the shift key and press page up. That will scroll back up the screen to see what modules went by to quickly.

I totally agree. I usually just know what modules I want loaded, and put them in the autoload file, and forget about it until I need them.

I build almost everything into the kernel though (only things I need though), because I don't much care for modules.