insmod for nic card on every boot?

darkhorizon · 09-27-2004, 04:56 PM

ok i am a linux n00b, but i've been a computer geek since i was 2 (im 18)

mandrake 10.0
amd 64 3800+

i have an onboard nic card (abit mobo, via gigabit ethernet)
but every time i restart the computer i have to go to root and insmod velocityget.ko and ifconfig eth0, is there a way to set it up so that i dont have to do this?

on every boot it also says "eth0 [FAILED]" on startup

btmiller · 09-27-2004, 05:37 PM

Welcome to LQ!

Add it to your modules.conf so the module gets loaded every boot.

CroMagnon · 09-27-2004, 05:38 PM

Quote:

ok i am a linux n00b, but i've been a computer geek since i was 2 (im 18)

Yeah, whatever.

Have you tried adding velocityget to your /etc/modules file?

darkhorizon · 09-27-2004, 09:56 PM

yeah it is added to modules.conf

CroMagnon · 09-27-2004, 10:27 PM

What exactly did you add to modules.conf? Also, look for a file in /etc that has 'preload' in the name - you might want to use that instead.
(modules.preload, modprobe.preload?)

darkhorizon · 09-27-2004, 10:54 PM

i have:

alias eth0 velocityget.ko

in modules.conf, i'll go boot into linux and check the modules.preload/modprobe thing now

darkhorizon · 09-27-2004, 11:06 PM

there isn't anything that has preload in the name in the /etc folder or subfolders

CroMagnon · 09-27-2004, 11:25 PM

That sets up an alias, but doesn't tell the system to load the module at boot time. This is why there is usually another file (/etc/modules, or the preload one in some distros) that tells the system which modules to use at boot.

One way to force the issue without a file like this is to add (for example):

Code:

path[boot]=/lib/modules/boot

to modules.conf, and then create that directory, and a symlink to the module in question, i.e:

Code:

mkdir -p /lib/modules/boot
cd /lib/modules/boot
ln -s /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/velocityget.ko velocityget

darkhorizon · 09-27-2004, 11:50 PM

ok the second half of that worked flawlessly, but is the first part (modules.conf insert) supposed to be exactly what you wrote? because if it is it still isn't working.

the link to velocityget.ko is in place but it still isn't loading it on start up, i am still getting the [FAILED] on boot too.

darkhorizon · 09-28-2004, 10:22 AM

bump

i still cant get it to work, please help!

CroMagnon · 09-28-2004, 06:27 PM

Right, I'm giving up on the 'right way' to do this, as it seems there are too many variables. Find out what your network script is called (in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d), and add "insmod velocityget" just below the PATH statement.

darkhorizon · 09-29-2004, 07:47 PM

ok im sorry i got rabies or somethin, i couldn't get the init.d to work

but i did get the modprobe to work after typing alias eth0 velocityget into it. it finally worked and i decided not to touch anything, so thanx for the help.