On Saturday 31 January 2004 03:21 pm, bascule wrote: > rick, > when i said put the alias line in modules.conf but try without it i didn't > mean to imply that you didn't need a reference to analog in /etc/modules, > cos you do! oop - my mistake 8) although, thats what I obviously dont fully understand about each different syntax for these settings. I understand what "alias" implies not how to use it 8) yet ...
> the alias line simply tells the kernel that the module analog is the one > that controls devices that have that major and minor number - or something > like that, maybe someone else will explain:) but you will need to add > analog to /etc/modules: > scsi_hostadapter > nvidia > analog > emu10k1-gp > joydev > sidewinder > > i see you have nvidia listed in /etc/modules, assuming you, like me are > using the nvidia binary drivers do you not find that they are loaded > automatically when X starts? there should be no need in a typical setup to > specify the graphics driver, that is done in the config file for X and > should be loaded from that reference, try it and see! > > bascule <snip> OK, I put in the order you showed and left the alias in "modules.conf" and I still dont have the dev node and jstest fails .. do I have to manually set the nod up .. js0 .. ?? it was being created when I would do the modprobes manually. -- RickS Linux user #338463 - Mdk 9.2 2.4.22-26mdk
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