[plug] permanently inserting modules

[Russell Steicke]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:51:56AM +0800, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
> Ok Stupid question.
> 
> Finally found out what I was doing wrong in regards to my laptop with 
> debian damn I'm slow.
> 
> I had to insert evdev or modprobe evdev.  Download the 
> xfree86-synaptics-driver.
> 
> I also have to modprobe psmouse.  Is there a way of having bootup 
> automatically insert the modules.

List the required modules in /etc/modules


> I have used update-modules but it doesn't seem to update them.  I've 
> never had to do it before so its one of those noob questions that I've 
> never had to learn.

update-modules is used to manage the /etc/modules.conf file, which is
a list of aliases and options for modules.  You should not normally
need to run this manually.



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