[mythtv-users] Where should my load kernel module command go?

David George david at thegeorges.us
Thu Jun 14 15:52:58 UTC 2007


On 06/14/2007 11:09 AM, David Segall wrote:
> I followed the instructions at 
> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/LCDproc> to get my Antec Fusion 
> VFD to work. In order to complete the task I needed to load the driver 
> which I did by adding the line "/sbin/modprobe lirc_imon" to the file 
> /etc/rc.local. Now, when the LCDd is started during the boot sequence it 
> fails because it cannot find /dev/lcd0 and asks "Did you load the iMON 
> VFD module?". If I start LCDd after the boot sequence it starts as 
> expected. I assume my problem is that the "modprobe lirc_imon"" is in 
> the wrong initialisation file. Where should it be?
>   
If it is needed by the LCDd script you could always add it there.

Thing to remember is rc.local is run after all the other scripts have 
finished.

-- 
David



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