/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

Rajiv Aaron Manglani rajiv at alum.mit.edu
Wed Aug 16 23:56:24 EDT 2006


on my asterisk system (running gentoo) i have an /etc/init.d/modules  
which loads zaptel, wcfxo, wcfxs early in the boot process. i also  
have /etc/init.d/zaptel which starts before asterisk and runs ztcfg  
and creates the device nodes if necessary.

what distro are you running?


On Aug 16, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Robert La Ferla wrote:

> I am trying to load a driver (wctdm/zaptel) for a telephony card  
> when the system starts up and BEFORE the pbx system (Asterisk)  
> starts up.  If I do the modprobe in /etc/rc.local, it fails to  
> load.  If I wait until the system is loaded and manually modprobe  
> the driver, it works.  What's the best way to configure this?
>
> I suspect it has something to do with /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf  
> which doesn't exist on my system.
>
> Here are the contents of /etc/modprobe.d/zaptel which does exist.
>
> # automatically generated file; do not edit
> install tor2 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install tor2 $CMDLINE_OPTS && / 
> sbin/ztcfg
> install torisa /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install torisa $CMDLINE_OPTS  
> && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wcusb /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcusb $CMDLINE_OPTS  
> && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wcfxo /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcfxo $CMDLINE_OPTS  
> && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wctdm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wctdm $CMDLINE_OPTS  
> && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wctdm24xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wctdm24xxp  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install ztdynamic /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztdynamic  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install ztd-eth /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztd-eth  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wct1xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wct1xxp  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wct4xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wct4xxp  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install wcte11xp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcte11xp  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install pciradio /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install pciradio  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install ztd-loc /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztd-loc  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> install ztdummy /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztdummy  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
> alias wcfxs wctdm
> alias wct2xxp wct4xxp




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