[KLUG Members] kernel 2.6 and modules.conf (and centrino).

[Bruce Smith]

> Short story:  I recently upgraded my laptop to a kernel 2.6.1 RPM from
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kraxel/  The problem is modules seem to be
> no longer automatically loaded from modules.conf....

That's because the 2.6 kernels no longer use modules.conf!

2.6 kernels use "/etc/modprobe.conf" instead, with a similar but
slightly different format.  And the command "generate-modprobe.conf"
will convert an old modules.conf to a modprobe.conf - more or less.
Only a little amount of editing is required!  :-)

http://www.linux-sxs.org/upgrading/migration26.html
http://www.niftybits.ukfsn.org/ucol-wiki/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hints/2.6_Kernel

Anyway, I'm back in business with my modules on 2.6, and my centrino
wireless works great!  The only thing I haven't got working is vmware,
which is not required on my laptop.

 - BS