How to make a module load at boot?

[Rimmer]

I finally figured out which modules are needed to make ppp work. However, I don't want to have to insmod them after every reboot. I assume you have to make an entry in modules.conf... However, I'm not sure how to go about making an entry. Any advice/info would be greatly appreciated.

[usual]

I don't know about other dists but in debian you modify the file /etc/modules

say you want agpgart to load at boot

just add agpgart to the file

[demian]

I think the /etc/modules file is a debian thing but you can just put the insmod or modprobe call into your startup script...

[jayallenaugen]

/etc/modules is now also a Mandrake thing.