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geek.arnuld

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From: INDIA

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 135

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what modules to add in "/etc/rc.conf" ?

This is my default module list in /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=(mii slhc via-rhine ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss snd-seq-device snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd snd-ac97-codec  snd-via82xx soundcore)

From Archlinux Wiki I came up with this required list:

SOUND:                   snd-pcm-oss   snd-via82xx
ETHERNET CARD:     via-rhine
PRINTER:                  lp   parport   parport_pc

that's it. its my home PC, connected to internet through an ADSL Modem along with a printer.

I do not understand what these are doing here in "/etc/rc.conf":    mii slhc ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss snd-seq-device snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd snd-ac97-codec soundcore

Can I remove them without harming my installation ?

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mico

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From: Slovenia

Registered: 2004-02-08

Posts: 247

Re: what modules to add in "/etc/rc.conf" ?

Sure. I suggest you comment out the current MODULES line and add new MODULES line:
MODULES=()
so you could easily revert if something won't work. Most modules load automatically. In some cases you have to specify a few modules to load explicitly in the MODULES line, but for the modules you have now in rc.conf that probably won't be necessary.