[ltp] Re: SuSE 9.1 on Thinkpad, cont'd.

[Stephen Le]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 00:44:46 -0400 (EDT), Eben King
<eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> After futzing with the kernel compilation (2.6.7) on my T40 a bit, I've
> run into a snag.  I have to tell the OS to load the module psmouse at
> every boot.  Sure, I put it in /etc/sysconfig to have it loaded
> automatically on every boot, but that feels wrong.  What is the "official"
> way to get that module loaded, preferably on demand?

Well, I think the correct way to instruct a module to load upon boot
is to put its name in /etc/modules. I'm speaking as a Debian user, but
it should also be that way in SuSe.

As to having modules load on demand, check out hotplug.

-Stephen Le