[gentoo-user] Re: openrc conf.d/modules

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

On 06/12/2010 05:56 PM, Adam wrote:
>>> My modules file contains;
>>
>> Which 'modules' file do you mean?
>
> /etc/conf.d/modules
>
>>> modules="vmmon vmnet vmblock vmci vsock"
>>>
>>> modules_2_6="${modules_2_6} acpi-cpufreq"
>>> module_acpi_cpufreq_args_2_6=""
>>>
>>> modules_2_6="${modules_2_6} fuse"
>>> module_fuse_args_2_6=""
>>>
>>> modules_2_6="${modules_2_6} usbhid"
>>> module_usbhid_args_2_6="quirks=0x05ac:0x1294:0x04"
>>>
>>>
>>> But the vm modules arent loaded. dmesg has nothing. What am i missing?
>>
>> Are there any references to those modules in /etc/modprobe.d/*conf or
>> /etc/modules.d/*conf ? If not, there should be.  If yes, did you run
>> update-modules?
>
> There's no reference to the modules in either of those locations before
> or after running update-modules (so no i hadnt run it because the openrc
> update guide doesnt mention that its required, so I had assumed that its
> no longer required).

I missed your reference to openrc last time.  Do you see any interesting
messages when you run /etc/init.d/modules restart?

Where do those vm* modules come from?