The following are the lines that I add to my modules.conf: (actually, I use debian so I put them in a new file in /etc/modutils/ and run update-modules) alias char-major-121 em8300 pre-install em8300 modprobe adv717x post-install em8300 em8300setup options adv717x pixelport_16bit=1 pixelport_other_pal=0 options em8300 dicom_fix=0 dicom_control=0 dicom_other_pal=0