A systems administrator needs to install a new piece of hardware that requires a new driver. The driver should be manually installed. Which of the following describes the order of commands required to obtain module information, install the module, and check the log for any errors during module installation?
A. lsmod, modprobe, modinfo
B. modinfo, insmod, modprobe
C. modinfo, insmod, dmesg
D. lsmod, insmod, dmesg
modinfo – displays detailed information concerning a module, including its dependencies.
C. modinfo, insmod, dmesg is correct
C. modinfo, insmod, dmesg
modinfo – extracts information from the Linux Kernel modules given on the command line. If the module name is not a filename, then the /lib/modules/version directory is searched,
insmod – install module
dmesg – kernel log messages
D
No lsmod shows only the status of module.