Can I recover a modprobe.conf from the running list of modules?

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Burger" <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:34 AM
Subject: Can I recover a modprobe.conf from the running list of modules?


> The subject says it all, eh?
>
> I'm a dope...I deleted my modprobe.conf file...and all backup copies, too
>
> I'm trying to find a way to regenerate my modprobe.conf, from the
> currently running modules.  Is thre a way to do so?
>
> Help.
>
> I really need to learn not to use my computer in the morning.

Rename /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and then run:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/kudzu start

It will regenerate it your modprobe.conf and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.  In my 
case, I needed to add "alias net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf back in to 
turn off ipv6.

Thomas