How to load driver for mouse from terminal?

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timremy
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How to load driver for mouse from terminal?

#1 Post by timremy »

hello

what would i type to load the usb mouse driver in the terminal?

thank you in advance.

timremy

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The way to unload and reload a module is

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rmmod <moduleName>
modprobe <moduleName>
sometimes you need first to unload modules that are dependent on the module you want to unload.

Sometimes you can pass extra parameters to modprobe
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timremy
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load module

#3 Post by timremy »

thank you

timremy

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