[lug] logging missing 2.6 kernel modules

[Lee Woodworth]

I think 2.6 has switched to using /etc/modules.conf for
the init time module load. If you manually modprobe the modules
and don't get a complaint, the modules loaded ok and should show
up using lsmod. The standard place the kernel searches for modules
is /lib/modules/2.6.xxxx/ where xxxx is the remainder of your
version string from uname -r. Look in there for modules to
try loading by hand. Use modinfo to get param info for a module.

Do the kernel config process (e.g. cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig)
to see what drivers are available with the kernel.

D. Stimits wrote:
> It used to be that on a 2.4 kernel an attempt to use a device that did
> not have a proper kernel driver would yield a message, e.g., something
> like "no module for net-pf-10"...I forget that particular one was
> something like an apple printer protocol. I'm trying to get the sblive
> game port to load automatically on a 2.6 kernel and FC2. First thing I
> notice is that there are no more log clues when I attempt to use
> /dev/input/js0, so I'm not sure if I need to use an alias or something
> else, and the man page lacks any examples at all (modprobe.conf). I need
> to load in order at every boot (since it isn't smart enough to autoload
> the module) joydev, emu10k1-gp, and analog...I want to do this right,
> not with some bogus rc.local command. Can someone point me in the
> direction to either get logging of missing modules for attempted use of
> /dev/, or else a hint on the conf file? I'm really disappointed that I
> can't get this, but I'm going a bit nuts without any logs to point at
> what the kernel thinks is missing. This used to be so simple.
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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