-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Aaron M. Hirsch wrote: > >> Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: >> >> >>>> Probably something trivial, but can't seem to find solution (other >>>> than placing "modprobe sg" in /etc/rc.local). >>>> >>>> I attempted something like this in modprobe.conf: >>>> >>>> alias char-major-21 sg >>>> >> >> Have you checked to see what modules are loaded before you modprobe sg >> and after you modprobe sg? >> >> To get sg loading, which needs the scsi_mod loaded, I have "alias >> scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx", as I have an adaptec card, in my >> /etc/modules.conf. After that was in there it found and created the >> proper devices in /dev upon reboot. > > > I also have Adaptec card (actually, it's integrated on the > motherboard in my case). Anaconda already placed appropriate line > for aic7xxx in my modprobe.conf during installation (as well as > several other lines for some other stuff). > > Doing lsmod before and after the sg driver is loaded (on freshly > rebooted system) shows that loading of sg doesn't trigger any other > driver (all other drivers were already loaded on system boot, > including aic7xxx and scsi_mod). > > The only SCSI device connected is tape libarary (two SCSI devices, > one for robotics, the other for tape drive). The devices for tape > drive are all created (st*, nst*, tape*), however device for > robotics is not (that is why I need sg driver). Since sg isn't > loaded at boot, /dev/sg* are not created by udev, and I can't access > the robot until I manully do "modprobe sg". What type of tape library is it? What about dmesg, what does it show? Can you provide the contents of the modules.conf? I had a similar error and it was due to positioning.... - -- Aaron M. Hirsch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCXZAElW8YjGxNiFURAhQuAJ0YBubqJ0lGB9RlzrpO26Lm/jd9AACgiKQt W5RANRfytJ7kqIDH3+iXnx0= =BDmD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any attachment(s) from your system.
