On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 04:46:58PM -0600, 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.... .... >> # 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. ..... > This says that if that file exists it should get run, but is only there > for compatibility with certain vendors and customized software. > > The FC2 install hardly ever needs it, and I surely don't with my nvidia > driver. > > 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. The xorg.conf part is important! Consider a bad module that causes the system to lock up. If the module is loaded very early without regard to run level then an unstable module can present the user with a difficult situation. If we stick to letting xorg load the module at run level 5 then the system admin can fix things in run level 3 because xorg is not active. Anyhow just thinking with my fingers on the keyboards.... -- T o m M i t c h e l l spam unwanted email. SPAM, good eats, and a trademark of Hormel Foods.
