Modprobe in a VPS

[justin]

Is it possible to do a modprobe in one of the Xen VPSs? I can see the modules in /lib/modules, but when I try to do an lsmod, I get:

# lsmod
Opening /proc/modules: No such file or directory

And a modprobe gives me:

# modprobe ipt_state
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.12.6-xenU-rimu3/modules.dep: No such file or directory

Maybe that functionality just doesn't work in a VPS?

[retep]

We do not enable modules on the kernels we use. Why? Modules are loaded from the VPS's file system (not the host's file system). If we upgrade the kernel on the host server then any modules that had been built on the vps would need to be rebuilt. (And they would be broken in the meantime).

If there is a particular module you need, let us know via a support ticket. Most things people need are already in there. zcat /proc/config.gz | less will show you.