---
name: "discover-modprobe.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "discover"
version: "2.1.2-10.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/discover-modprobe.conf"
---

# discover-modprobe.conf(5)

configuration file for discover-modprobe(5)

## NAME

discover-modprobe.conf — configuration file for discover-modprobe(5)

## Description

**discover-modprobe.conf** is the configuration  file for **discover-modprobe**, which is responsible  for retrieving and loading kernel modules.

**Warning:**

**This file is a shell script, and**  **as such is subject to a string variable assignment syntax. No space**  **is allowed between the variable name, the equal (=) sign, and the**  **value(s) assigned. If multiple values are to be assigned, the list**  **must be space-delimited with surrounding quotes.**

**Two directives can be used in this file:**  **types and skip. Both can be**  **defined multiple times.**

- **types**

  **This describes the classes of hardware that should be**  **scanned and queried.**

- **skip**

  **These modules should never be loaded. See the**  **\`\`***Files***'' section for details on the mechanism for**  **generating these entries automatically.**

## Files

- **/var/lib/discover/crash**

  **A crash file written and erased each time**  **discover-modprobe** attempts to load a  module. If the file lingers, the computer is assumed to have  crashed while loading that module, and the module name is added  to **discover-modprobe.conf** as a module to  skip in the future.

## See Also

[discover-modprobe(8)](/discover-modprobe/8.md), [modprobe(8)](/modprobe/8.md), [discover(1)](/discover/1.md)