On Fri, 30 May 2003, Amir Hardon wrote:
> Searching answers in the net means you don't know what to do.
> What I'm looking for is one of two things,
> a list which tells which module name is expected for which service so I'll
> know how to alias it, something like:
> service requested module
> ethernet eth0
> sound sound-slot-x
> usb usb-controller
> ..
>
> or a simple way to find out the last unsuccessful module request...
> This way the next time I'll install something I won't need to start digging
> the net to find out how should I alias it...
accorrding to 'man modprobe' (which is the utility that reads
/etc/modules.conf):
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LOGGING COMMANDS
If directory /var/log/ksymoops exists and modprobe is run
with an option that could load or a delete a module then
modprobe will log its command and return status in
/var/log/ksymoops/`date +%Y%m%d.log`. There is no switch
to disable this automatic logging, if you do not want it
to occur, do not create /var/log/ksymoops. If that
directory exists, it should be owned by root and be mode
644 or 600 and you should run script insmod_ksymoops_clean
every day or so.
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i went ahead and created this directory, then i stoped the network,
removed the NIC's module, and started the network. here is what was placed
in the file '/var/log/ksymoops/20030531.log':
20030531 110128 start /sbin/modprobe -s -k -- eth0 safemode=1
20030531 110128 probe ended
20030531 110133 start /sbin/modprobe -s -k -- eth0 safemode=1
20030531 110133 probe ended
20030531 110138 start /sbin/modprobe -s -k -- eth0 safemode=1
20030531 110138 probe ended
it looks like the 'eth0' parameter is the name of the module. you could
try this with other modules as well, to see that the behaviour is
consistent. note that i get this output whether or not i have 'eth0'
aliased in my /etc/modules.conf, and there is no error indication
what-so-ever in this log file, or in other files in that directory, nor in
/var/log/messages. but there is the module's name.
at last i'll be able to stop guessing ;)
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