Re: Problem with module-init-tools

[Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>]

Am Sa, den 24.01.2004 schrieb J.A. Magallon um 23:29:

> I have a problem with modprobe, 2.6.2-rc1-mm2, and agpgart.
> 
> With 2.4, I had this setup to have agpgart loaded:
> 
> alias char-major-226 agpgart
> 
> With 2.6 and the same setup, that module is loaded. But as agpgart backend is
> now split, I need to load also intel-agp.ko. I read manuals, and corrected my
> modprobe.conf this way:
> 
> install agpgart /sbin/modprobe intel-agp; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install agpgart;
> 
> But it goes on an infinite loop :(.

Well, I suppose it's because modprobe intel-agp tries to load agpgart
and that's where it loops. I think you should try to modprobe
--ignore-install agpgart first so that it's already loaded when you
insert intel-agp. And probably use a && between the two commands.