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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:21:10
Message-Id: 8cd1ed20707161312p8be9badvabab6a15510663a3@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand by Helmut Jarausch
1 On 7/17/07, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I'd like to understand the "magic" of files in /etc/modules.d
5 > How to write such an 'alias' line.
6 > Can anybody point me to a HowTo?
7 >
8 > E.g. in kernel 2.6.22 there is no more an option to select
9 > a USB-WACOM tablet input.
10 > I've built the kernel module from the linuxwacom project,
11 > but what's the right way to load the module.
12 > (I could do an explicit insmod in /etc/conf.d/local.start
13 > but that's not the canonical solution, isn't it.)
14 >
15 > Many thanks for your help,
16 >
17 > Helmut Jarausch
18
19
20 I don't know how 'right' this is, but I just'd
21
22 echo wacom >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
23
24 But like Ian says, its there in .22, you just have to look harder. :)
25
26
27 isengard devious # modinfo wacom
28 filename:
29 /lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r1kz/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko
30 license: GPL
31 description: USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
32 author: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@×××.cz>
33 license: GPL
34 description: USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
35 author: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@×××.cz>
36 srcversion: 3869A1CC72D9632ABD76D1D
37
38
39 zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i wacom
40 CONFIG_TABLET_USB_WACOM=m
41
42
43
44 --
45 Kent
46 ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x|
47 print "enNOSPicAMreil kdrtf@×××.com"[(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}'
48 --
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