discover-modprobe(8)

📦 version 2.1.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 discover-modprobe — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, welcome to discover-modprobe(8), straight out of the System Manager's Manual. this is the little guy that handles kernel module loading using discover(1). yes, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

discover-modprobe [-n] [-v]

that's it. two tiny flags. iconic. no notes 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, discover-modprobe loads kernel modules, but it doesn't just guess — it loads the ones that discover identified. it's giving delegation, it's giving teamwork 💖

and here's the thing, bestie: you're probably never gonna type this yourself. it typically gets invoked automatically at boot time. it's a main character that shows up before you're even awake. periodt ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -n — echo the modprobe invocations instead of actually running them. it's the "say it, don't do it" flag. dry run energy fr fr 🙈
  • -v — be verbose. it will talk. a lot. if you want the tea, this is how you get the tea ☕

🦋 FILES 🦋

  • /etc/discover-modprobe.conf — this configuration file defines the types of modules to load by default, plus the specific modules not to load. it's the group chat rules, basically. who's in, who's blocked 💅
  • /var/lib/discover/crash — okay this one is lowkey dramatic 😭. it's a crash file, and it gets written and erased each time discover-modprobe attempts to load a module.
and if that file lingers? the computer is assumed to have crashed while loading that module — and the module name gets added to discover-modprobe.conf as a module to skip in the future. so it's a self-healing, self-snitching little mechanism. the module snitched on itself and got blocked. that's growth, honestly 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, bestie, i'm not doing all the work here 😌

okay and that's the whole page!! 🎀 this one's from the System Manager's Manual, section 8 — the footer just says discover-modprobe(8) and honestly it's giving "no date, no version, just vibes." mysterious. elusive. we respect it 👑💜

bye bestie, stay loaded ✨🦋💖

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