> Yep. So can you show us the results of lsmod on a freshly > booted system both before and after 'modprobe st' This is from a freshly booted system, as you can see, st is already loaded, so there is no point modprobing it again. # /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by nfsd 210625 9 exportfs 10177 1 nfsd lockd 64745 2 nfsd parport_pc 30981 1 lp 16713 0 parport 38793 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 22725 0 sunrpc 138629 19 nfsd,lockd md5 8001 1 ipv6 262785 18 ipt_DSCP 6337 1 iptable_mangle 6721 1 ip_tables 25025 2 ipt_DSCP,iptable_mangle st 42593 0 video 19653 0 button 10577 0 battery 13253 0 ac 8773 0 ohci_hcd 26081 0 ehci_hcd 37709 0 i2c_ali1563 10949 0 i2c_ali15x3 11461 0 i2c_core 25025 2 i2c_ali1563,i2c_ali15x3 snd_intel8x0 35585 0 snd_ac97_codec 77497 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm_oss 53745 0 snd_mixer_oss 21697 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 91845 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 28357 1 snd_pcm snd 58405 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 13217 1 snd snd_page_alloc 13765 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm dmfe 25445 0 tulip 54881 0 floppy 62293 0 dm_mod 59109 4 ext3 131401 3 jbd 61913 1 ext3 aic7xxx 161141 0 scsi_transport_spi 23105 1 aic7xxx sd_mod 22721 0 scsi_mod 135561 4 st,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi,sd_mod Many thanks, Stuart. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) Linux Specialist (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************
