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i'm using FC5 and i want to edited kernal modules because it don't load a module named ISDN. can you please tell me how can i see which modules have been loaded and how to add/edit modules in kernel.


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To list module use lsmod
Code:
lsmod
To remove module use rmmod:
Code:
rmmod module-name
To add a module use modprobe
Code:
modprobe module-name
To automatically load module add module name to /etc/modules.conf file
Code:
vi /etc/modules.conf
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