lsmod

Kevin Kinsey kdk at daleco.biz
Wed Mar 7 12:28:24 UTC 2007


Paulette McGee wrote:
> --- Johannes Ambrose <j.ambrose at uq.edu.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install an application (vmware tools)
>> and I get as far as:
>>
>> Setup is unable to find the "lsmod" program on your
>> machine. Please make
>> sure 
>>
>> it is installed. Do you want to specify the location
>> of this program by
>> hand?
>>
>> It seems there is no lsmod, modprobe, or any other
>> related tools. How
>> can I install these? 
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Johannes
>>
> 
> Hello Johannes,
> There is no lsmod, modprobe et al; however there are
> similar tools like: kldstat, kldload, etc.  Here is
> some additional information that might prove useful.
> 
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/01/13/FreeBSD_Basics.html
> 
> Regards,
> Paulette McGee

Which begs the question *why* he's having this problem ... <?>

Johannes, are you installing via the ports tree, or trying to install 
"from scratch"?

Kevin Kinsey
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