Re: modprobe/insmod/depmod question

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 12:10, Jake Colman wrote:
> 
> I need to insert a new module into my kernel.  I'm not sure exactly what I
> need to do to make the module known to the system.  I know that depmod is
> called in rc.sysinit and it uses modules.conf.  I imagine I need an entry in
> that file but what should that entry be?
> 
> Currently, modprobe fails to locate the module.  insmod _is_ able to load the
> module.  Once loaded, modprobe does not complain.  What is the correct way to
> load the module when needed using modprobe.
> 
> The modules in questions are ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp.  I want to load
> them as part of my firewall script startup and unload them when the firewall
> is stopped.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 

what commands are you running to load it? 

modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp
modprobe ip_nat_ftp 

should work. don't put the .o when using modprobe.  Modprobe will
install all prerequisite modules whereas insmod only tries to load the
one specified. 

I have never seen them in modules.conf

HTH
Bret