The 03.10.24 at 10:48, Bernd wrote:
First - What do I do to load the scanner module and have it load automatically every time I boot (insmod, modprobe...)?
Probably some thing has to be modified in /etc/modules.conf. What exactly, I don't know. Otherwise... yes, you could insert a modprobe command in the init scripts (perhaps /etc/init.d/boot.local)
Second - Should I just install the new kernel-source and compile it, which would install the necessary modules (This scares me a bit. I really want to make sure I can recover without a hitch.)?
This is only needed for Nvidia, if it says it needs to recompile its own driver module. And you don't really need to recompile the kernel, only start the process: cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig make dep This is only to make your sources configuration files match those of the running kernel, so that things that need to insert new modules (like Nvidia) can work. You don't really need to compile the kernel, specially if you are unsure about it. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson