[clue-tech] kerneld is removing my loaded kernel modules!

[Peter H.]

Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm not finding an answer to this question.  I want to load
> some modules WITHOUT the autoclean flag.  I want them to STAY
> loaded once I load them.
>
> The modules in question are ip_nat_ftp and ip_conntrack_ftp.
>
> Something unloads these important modules automatically from
> time to time, and then FTP pass-through stops working.  (I think
> it is kerneld/kmod; perhaps restarting iptables unloads them.)
>
> There are several references to how the autoclean flag can be
> set (modprobe -k), but not how to ensure that it is NOT set.
>
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kmod.txt is monumentally unhelpful.
>
> Does anyone know:
>
> 1. How to turn off autoclean for these modules?
>
>  or
>
> 2. How to get the kernel/modprobe to load these modules when
> they are needed?  For some reason the automatic module loading
> isn't working.
>
> This affects several systems, not just one, mainly based around
> Red Hat 7.x with 2.4 kernels.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

Jim, this should get you through your issues: Scroll about half way down or do 
a search for "autoclean"

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Module-HOWTO.html 



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