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Modprobe Can't Locate Module, XXX, and Similar Messages

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These types of messages mostly occur at boot time or shutdown.

If modprobe, insmod, or rmmod complain about not being able to find a module, add the following to the /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modutils/aliases file, whichever is present on your system.

 $ alias <module-name> off

And use the name of the module that appears in the error message.

[J.H.M. Dassen]

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