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sergec

Member

Registered: 2007-01-23

Posts: 9

ov51x and ov519_decomp [SOLVED]

Hi everybody

I am new to Archlinux, and still using Gentoo...

I installed the 2 modules ov51x and ov519_decomp to make my Omnivision chipset webcam works. And it works.

My problem is how to load the modules:
- If i add them in /etc/modprobe.conf

ov51x
ov519_decomp 

it fails telling these modules does not exist.

- If i add then in /etc/rc.conf

(ov51x ov519_decomp)

it fails too.

By modprobing them they are loaded without any problems.

It seems that in the /etc/modprobe.conf I have to use aliases.
How am I supposed to do that?

Thank you for your help.

EDIT:
my /etc/modprobe.conf is now:

alias ov51x ov51x
alias ov519_decomp ov519_decomp

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: ov51x and ov519_decomp [SOLVED]

If you can modprobe them manually, they should also work in rc.conf. Can you confirm that you are putting them in the MODULES array e.g.

MODULES=(... ... ov51x ov519_decomp ... ...)

sergec

Member

Registered: 2007-01-23

Posts: 9

Re: ov51x and ov519_decomp [SOLVED]

Hi

yes , I added them this way:

MODULES=(ov51x ov519_decomp)

and at boot time I got the error telling these modules does not exist.

Is it possible to create aliases in /etc/modprobe.conf like this?

alias ov51x ov51x
alias ov519_decomp ov519_decomp

Serge