On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 09:48, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Peter wrote: > > > > > Am Mi, den 10.11.2004 schrieb Matthew Saltzman um 15:50: > > > > BTW, a better place for module insertion is /etc/rc.modules. That script > > > > is run early in the boot process rather than late, so modules that need to > > > > be loaded in order for initialization to run will be already there. > > > > > > Are you shure about the name? Couldn't find it. > > > > In FC2, at least, you'll find the following lines in /etc/rc.sysinit (I > > have no reason to suspect that things have changed in FC3): > > > > # Load modules (for backward compatibility with VARs) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > if [ -f /etc/rc.modules ]; then > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > /etc/rc.modules > > > > The file doesn't exist by default, but if you create it, it will get run. > > > > -- > > Matthew Saltzman > > > This says that if that file exists it should get run, but is only there > for compatibility with certain vendors and customized software. I asked about that when I needed a mechanism for making sure a module (SmartLink winmodem driver) was installed before the daemon that needed it was started. I was assured that this was exactly the situation that this was designed for, and that the mechanism was not going anywhere. (Maybe the comment should be removed...) > > The FC2 install hardly ever needs it, and I surely don't with my nvidia > driver. It seem clear from other posts that it's not needed for the NVIDIA driver. In fact, in FC2, I didn't need the proprietary modem driver either, so my /etc/rc.modules is gone. But it is useful in some situations--no other early module-install mechanism is available except for modifying /etc/rc.sysinit yourself, which is ugly and dangerous. rc.local is executed after all other startup scripts--too late if one of your daemons requires a module before it runs. > > The xorg.conf file tells X to load the module so it does not need to be > loaded at anytime other than when X starts. Clearly a superior solution for this case. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
