Automatically load module on system startup

Question

I have a Netgear A6100 USB Wi-Fi adapter connected to my desktop, using the 8812au kernel module.

However, I have to run sudo modprobe 8812au on every system startup.

How can I get Ubuntu to automatically load the module on startup and after system updates?

Solution

If adding the module to the file /etc/modules doesn't work, take a look on blacklist files at /etc/modprobe.d and search if your module was there...

you can run grep -i 8812au *.* at this folder /etc/modprobe.d and remove or comment all the entries, add 8812au to /etc/modules and then reboot.

Comments

[David Foerster]

Can you try, if adding a line with 8812au to /etc/modules helps?

[Fabby]

Any feed-back on above comment???

[Lorenzo Lerate]

Taking a look on blacklisted files worked for me! Thanks