Re: Discover and tons of uneeded kernel modules

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Kyle Girard (<kgirard@connectmail.carleton.ca>) wrote:

> I have recently removed discover and hotplug from my unstable system
> (since the hardware of this computer isn't going to change) but I did
> an lsmod and there is a ton of useless kernel modules loaded...
> 
> Does anyone else have this problem? What file do I have to edit so
> that those kernel modules don't get loaded on boot?

First, check /etc/modules. Then, check /etc/modules.conf. This file is
generated by update-modules from the files in /etc/modutils, so don't
edit it directly.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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