Re: Boot-time loading of modules...
Hello
Colin Alie (<calie@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>) wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how boot-time loading of modules is
> controlled. I'm trying to keep vesafb from loading. I'm running the
> stock 2.6.8-1-386 kernel from sarge. Below is a little bit of
> information regarding what I've tried so far:
>
> - I remved the parameter vga=xxx from my kernel command line; it now
> stands as root=/dev/hda1 ro
Try to append
video=vesafb:off
> - I thought that removing /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-386/initrd/vesafb,ko
> would help but it's absence hasn't made a difference
Probably the driver is in the initrd (initial ram disk). Is it activated
directly after loading the kernel, or later?
> - I can find no reference to vesafb in /etc (nothing in /etc/modules
> and grep --recursive vesafb /etc turns up nothing)
I think hotplug can also be responsible for loading it, unless it is
configured to ignore graphic cards (which is the default). However
hotplug does not run directly after booting the kernel. If the driver
is used right from the beginning of the booting process, hotplug is not
the reason.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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