modprobe problem

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 19:05 +0200, Adel ESSAFI wrote:
> Dear list
> 
> I am trying to install syntex webcam driver, I have compiled the
> kernel module but failed to load him. 
> 
> Can you help me please
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> 
> [root at localhost stk11xx-2.1.0]# ls *.ko
> stk11xx.ko
> [root at localhost stk11xx-2.1.0]# modprobe stk11xx fps=30
> FATAL: Module stk11xx not found.

Is your module in the right place? According to modprobe(8):

        modprobe looks in the module directory /lib/modules/‘uname -r‘ for all the modules and other
       files, except for the optional /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file and /etc/modprobe.d directory (see modprobe.conf(5)).

poc