Re: Console Problem!

Abdul Razaq wrote:
Aho Wrote:
No, as the driver don't have to be a kernel module or a kernel module can be built into the kernel too, and if you want to list modules that are loaded, use lsmod.
Sorry, but I don't know how to fix this, as I don't have any experience of matrox cards and my google search gave no good answers.

Thanks any way but i do wonder that how come you say that "driver don't
have to be a kernel module or a kernel module can be built into the
kernel too". Aren't drivers loadable kernel modules? sure i don't mean
every driver. There are many usermode drivers as well;-)

Xorg/XFree86 drivers aren't always a kernel based driver (there are exceptions), which makes that they don't show up if you do a lsmod, one such is the nv driver that comes with Xorg.
There are others that are kernel based drivers, as the FB_RADEON, this can be built into the kernel or you can choose to build it as a module (this requires that the driver is loaded somehow, if done manually you use modprobe). Thos you build into a kernel aren't shown with lsmod.


//Aho
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