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Linux: Mount: Check: Device: Module: Load: List: How to view the currently loaded modules? [lsmod]

Sep 19th, 2003 06:50
Knud van Eeden,


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--- Knud van Eeden --- 17 September 2003 - 10:22 pm ------------------

Linux: Mount: Check: Device: Module: Load: List: How to view the 
currently loaded modules? [lsmod]

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Type on a console command line:

      lsmod

 2. -You will then see (in Linux Red Hat v9.0) an output similar to the
     following:

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Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
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udf                    98400   1  (autoclean)
parport_pc             19076   1  (autoclean)
lp                      8996   0  (autoclean)
parport                37056   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
iptable_filter          2412   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables              15096   1  [iptable_filter]
autofs                 13268   0  (autoclean) (unused)
pcnet32                18240   1  (autoclean)
mii                     3976   0  (autoclean) [pcnet32]
vmhgfs                 37216   4
sg                     36524   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 18136   2  (autoclean)
ide-scsi               12208   1
ide-cd                 35708   0
cdrom                  33728   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev                 2944   0  (unused)
mousedev                5492   0  (unused)
hid                    22148   0  (unused)
input                   5856   0  [keybdev mousedev hid]
usbcore                78784   1  [hid]
ext3                   70784   2
jbd                    51892   2  [ext3]
BusLogic              100796   3
sd_mod                 13452   6
scsi_mod              107128   5  [sg sr_mod ide-scsi BusLogic sd_mod]
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  3. To get more information about 'lsmod', type on the command line:

      man lsmod

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