need module info?

lmellen · 2004-06-12 17:09:27

:? Does anybody know how to find out what modules are loaded with the
kernel? I believe ati radeon video drivers and intel i810 sound card
drivers are part of kernel 2.6. But I don't know if they were
automatically installed or not. Thank you -- Larry

venox · 2004-06-12 17:17:41

Just type:

lsmod

and it will give to you the list of what modules are loaded.
to see which modules were compiled with the kernel, search it under:

/lib/modules/2.6.6/

(where 2.6.6 is your kernel version)

You can also read the /boot/kconfig26 file, it's your kernel's configuration file.

lmellen · 2004-06-12 17:48:03

:? venox - lsmod gives me:
Module Size Used By
and nothing else.
/lib/modules/2.6.3 gives me about a 1000 different directions to go in,
and /boot says there is no such file as /kconfig, /kconfig26, or
/kconfig2.6.3.
I might just install xfree86 and kde and see what happens.
Thanks -- Larry

sarah31 · 2004-06-12 17:52:22

did you include the name of the modules you wan tot load in /etc/rc.conf's MODULES=() array?

for example:

#
# Module to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   (prefix a module with a ! to disable it)
#
MODULES=(!usbserial !ide-scsi 8139too nvidia snd-cmipci snd-pcm-oss)

sarah@flightypuffin:~> lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usblp                  11520  0 
snd_pcm_oss            51748  0 
snd_mixer_oss          18304  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_cmipci             34868  1 
snd_pcm                91168  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cmipci
snd_page_alloc          9348  1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib            9728  1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer              23300  2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep               7712  1 snd_opl3_lib
gameport                3968  1 snd_cmipci
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi            21408  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          6920  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd                    48996  10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8160  2 snd
nvidia               2076456  12 
8139too                22016  0 
mii                     4864  1 8139too
crc32                   4352  1 8139too

lmellen · 2004-06-12 18:00:45

:? I'm not sure I know the exact name of the modules? Last system I used genkernel an menu config. Can I just type in ati Radeon and Intel i810??? -- Larry

dp · 2004-06-12 19:03:55

try

modprobe snd_intel8x0
modprobe snd_pcm_oss
modprobe snd_ac97_codec

have also a look in the alsa docs and in the wiki

for ATI, the driver should load autmatically with X and is called radeon (at least for me with a "firegl 7800")

check with lsmod when in X

leejpar · 2004-06-12 19:14:51

If your new to linux, run xf86config (rather than editing the XF86Config file manually) and answer the questions you are asked concerning your video card, monitor, mouse and etc. You will want to do this WITHOUT X running. Boot to login prompt and login as root.

lanrat · 2004-06-12 19:44:51

You can also use hwd package. It will try to detect your hardware and advise you several ways of loading detected modules. It will also generate XF86Config. Just pacman -Sy hwd (if you have staging repo in your /etc/pacman.conf) or download it from http://amlug.net/new-projects/hwd/hwd.html and add with pacman -A downloadedfilename and then run hwd as root and follow instructions (don't believe in everything it says though :-) if it will advise you some modules that do not exist try searching /usr/share/hwdata/upgradelist for new module names).

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