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Where to get complete manpages

In Debian 7 and in Linux Mint 16 I don't get any parameters/options when typing

man insmod

or

insmod --help

But I know there are parameters, e.g insmod --probe

Where can I get complete manpages for my system or which distribution provides complete manpages?

Solution

  • insmod was before provided by the module-init-tools project which has been replaced by the kmod project. The "new" insmod from kmod does not provide this options anymore.

    Found a hint on Arch news about the change. This will apply for Debian too:

    With module-init-tools being declared a dead project by its current maintainer, a new project has stepped up to take its place: kmod. This is intended to be a drop-in replacement, though deprecated functionality in module-init-tools has not been reimplemented.

    The options -p, -s and -f are outdated and now ignored. Long option names for that params aren't valid anymore.

    You can check the source code