[olug] Can't get usbnet module to load with modprobe

Jay Swackhamer Jay at RebootTheUser.com
Tue Nov 23 16:32:35 UTC 2004


I left off the .ko in my example for insmod, which is wrong,

for insmod, you need the actual filename, usbnet.ko
for modprobe you just need the module name,
you should use modprobe, which would load any modules that usbnet depends
on........

> Here's what happens when I try to insert it by hand.  "ls -Al" shows that
> it
> is there.
>
>
> linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.111-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/net # ls -Al
> total 152
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 20324 2004-10-14 09:19 catc.ko
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 33112 2004-10-14 09:19 kaweth.ko
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 35329 2004-10-14 09:19 pegasus.ko
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 20449 2004-10-14 09:19 rtl8150.ko
> -rwxrwxr-t  1 root root 38089 2004-10-14 09:19 usbnet.ko
> linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.111-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/net # insmod usbnet
> insmod: can't read 'usbnet': No such file or directory
> linux:/lib/modules/2.6.5-7.111-smp/kernel/drivers/usb/net #
> Need help.
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