Re: auto loading of scsi drivers

From: Bob van der Poel (bvdpoel@uniserve.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 09:21:47 PST

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    Oliver Rauch wrote:
    >
    > Bob van der Poel wrote:
    >
    > > Hi. I had my old sane/xsane working perfectly 2 months ago. I thought I
    > > remembered my setup (made the "mistake" of upgrading my distribution)
    > > ...obviously not.
    > >
    > > First problem:
    > >
    > > I have the following in my /etc/conf.modules:
    > >
    > > post-install sg modprobe aha152x
    > > options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9
    > >
    > > With a 2.2.x kernel my understanding (obviously wrong) when xsane is
    > > started up it should load the aha152x module? It isn't. When I start
    > > xsane I get the message 'no devices available' popup. So...what do I
    > > need to do to get this working.
    > >
    > > I can use 'modprobe aha152x' and all works.
    > >
    > > BTW, I'm doing all this as root right now, so permissions shouldn't be a
    > > problem (that will all come later).
    > >
    > >
    >
    > What happens if you call xsane a second time?
    > I need to do so if the sg driver is not installed when I start xsane.
    >
    > Bye
    > Oliver

    Thanks Oliver,

    Unfortunately, it doesn't make any difference how many times I try the
    command. Just get the same error message.

    I'm wondering if I need a alias in the conf.modules file?

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