Trying to install a new USB to LAN device on Ubuntu 10.04

[Nils Kassube]

Colin Law wrote:
> On 21 March 2013 16:35, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Ashim Kapoor wrote:
> >> One last query. I think I have to do :-
> >> 
> >> sudo modprobe dm9601
> >> 
> >> each time I restart my computer to detect the USB to Lan. Is that
> >> correct ? Is there a way that I don't have to do this each time I
> >> restart my computer ?
> > 
> > For the USB devices I have (I don't have a dm9601 device though) the
> > kernel automatically loads the module when the device is inserted.
> > If it doesn't work automatically for you after your next reboot,
> > you can put a command
> > 
> > modprobe dm9601
> > 
> > in the file "/etc/rc.local". That script is run as the last script
> > after power up. BTW: that script is run by root, so sudo isn't
> > necessary.
> Can he just add the line
> dm9601
> to /etc/modules, or is that not right?

Yes that should work. Thinking about it, this looks like the better 
solution because it probably loads the module sooner in the boot cycle.


Nils