First, the background:

Knoppix v3.4, with kernel 2.6.6 - which was re-compiled from source to include NVidia video drivers...

Hard drive installed, using knoppix-installer, Debian Style...

After finally getting i2c and lmsensors working, I added the required additions to /etc/modutils for the alias line, and then went to putting the two required "modprobe" lines into /etc/modules file...

After rebooting, I did a lsmod, and was surprised to find my i2c-isa and via686a not in the listing... So, I manually did the modprobe lines again, did a lsmod, and found them in the list...

This is the strange thing, I went into /etc/modules to make sure I entered my two modprobed modules lines correctly, and found that they WEREN'T there... So, I put them back in the file, saved it, exited the editor, and even did a "cat" on the file to ensure the changes were "actually" made to the file, which they were - and then did another reboot...

It appears that since v3.4 of Knoppix has the two kernel version, something is "copying" configuration files to the disk during boot - and the /etc/modules file is one of those... Because after I rebooted again, again, the /etc/modules file was replaced with a version that did not have my changes in them...

I only boot the kernel 2.6, and I don't think I will ever boot the 2.4 kernel - how can I release Knoppix from always overwritting my config files when I boot??? ( this is getting nerve-racking ) - sometimes you need to change some config files to get devices, or in this case, a feature of the motherboard, working, and you can't if the durn OS keeps copying an outdated file on top of the updated one....

Thanks for any assistance,
Ms. Cuddles