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Old 08-13-2006, 12:53 PM   #1
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no modprobe?


I seem to have no modprobe on my slackware installation. any ideas? (I'm running 10.2 because I thought it was trhe latest at the time) I just installed, and this is making me mad!
 
Old 08-13-2006, 12:56 PM   #2
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Are you trying it as your user or are you su-ing to root?
 
Old 08-13-2006, 12:59 PM   #3
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I was doing it as my user, because, since my computer isnt up totaly yet, I just log in as root. when I'm done getting everything needed I'll start logging in as my normal user
 
Old 08-13-2006, 01:02 PM   #4
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Interesting. Modprobe always comes as standard when I install 10.2. Are you trying for a cut down distro? it may be that you haven't put in the package it comes in.
 
Old 08-13-2006, 01:04 PM   #5
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I've checked. there is no modprobe package on my install cd. I'm using the normal slack, not zipslack. Its really wierd
 
Old 08-13-2006, 01:07 PM   #6
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Did you check out it's not /sbin/modprobe since if you're using a non-root account (or su) then it might not be in your $PATH..this is the case with some distributions.

And: did you search for it?
Code:
locate modprobe
find / -name modprobe
 
Old 08-13-2006, 01:07 PM   #7
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re-install module-init-tools and you should get back your missing files
 
Old 08-13-2006, 01:14 PM   #8
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yes, I did try searching for it, but the module-init-tools package thingy work'd
 
  


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