Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:11:12 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:40:15AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> If the file /etc/modprobe.conf exists, then all the files in >>> /etc/modprobe.d are ignored. The Debian distribution prefers the second >>> method, multiple files in /etc/modprobe.d, and all the official Debian >>> packages are designed to use that method. >> >> Are you sure about that? I've used modprobe.conf for stuff like lirc. >> If that caused modprobe.d to be ignored, I would have thought something >> would have broken. But my systems work fine like that (at least 3 of >> them are like this -- all Lenny installs). > > Well, that's the way it used to work when module-init-tools first came out, > replacing the older modutils package that was used with 2.4 kernels. > The man page for modprobe.d in Lenny seems to imply this as well. The > second sentence under DESCRIPTION says ... > > "/etc/modprobe.conf (or, if that does not exist, all files under the > /etc/modprobe.d directory) specifies those options, as required." > > But that is changing. The Squeeze version of the man page reads differently. > > "All files underneath the /etc/modprobe.d directory which end with the > .conf extension specify those options as required. (the > /etc/modprobe.conf file can also be used if it exists, but that will be > removed in a future version)." > > It's not clear from the Squeeze man page if /etc/modprobe.conf supersedes > or merely supplements the files in /etc/modprobe.d, but I'm guessing based on > historic behavior that it supersedes it. In any case, it looks like a > future version of module-init-tools will eliminate /etc/modprobe.conf; > so it might be a good idea to wean yourself off of it.
The problem occurs for me with 2.6.32-bpo.4-686 and 2.6.32-bpo.5-686 but not with 2.6.32-bpo.3-686. This seems to confirm for newer kernels what Stephen says. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r5emiz44....@gmail.com