 | | | usb driver installation: is reboot required? | usb driver installation: is reboot required? 2004-06-09 - By Mike Burger
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Shouyldn't be necessary...you should just be able to modprobe or insmod
the new driver modules once they're in place.
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, shane c branch wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if the installation of a usb driver on RH9 requires
> that the machine be rebooted to load the driver?
>
> For example, if one wanted to use a USB keyboard which has 'hotkeys'
> that allow one touch access to programs (open office, internet browswer,
> etc) would it not be possible to code the driver as a daemon that can be
> stopped and started at the console, and set to run at boot time with
> chkconfig, all while *not* requiring a reboot after installation?
>
>
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