modules.conf can't save

**jojo** · 02-05-2004, 04:48 PM

Hi , I am trying to edit my modules.conf file to get alsa working but every time I save and close the file it goes back to its original state. is there some way to make the changes stick, like maybe commenting something out? thanks.

**Worm** · 02-05-2004, 06:37 PM

Uhhh... isn't /etc/modules.conf the file that it says right at the top to not edit directly? You want to make changes in /etc/modutils and then run update-modules to regenerate modules.conf.

See the bottom of
http://www.tux.org/~tbr/sound-debian/

**Stephen** · 02-05-2004, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by jojo

Hi , I am trying to edit my modules.conf file to get alsa working but every time I save and close the file it goes back to its original state. is there some way to make the changes stick, like maybe commenting something out? thanks.

The usual place to make such change is in the file /etc/modutils/alsa which on my system is a symbolic link to the file /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 then you run already mentioned update-modules to have the required information entered into the modules.conf for use on the next reboot all this done as root of course.