Re: How to disable module loading during bootup
Hello
Han Lin (<hanlim@medankia.org>) wrote:
> I'm new to Debian, I've just installed Debian using sarge
> debian-installer rc2 cd and upgrade to Sid.
>
> I need to disable my TV Tuner card (bttv) during bootup but don't know
> how to, I've already tried from /etc/modutils/actions by putting # in
> front of the post-install and post-remove :
If you use kernel 2.6, you need to make the changes in /etc/modprobe.d/.
Try something like this:
alias bttv off
> # Special actions that are needed for some modules
>
> # The BTTV module does not load the tuner module automatically,
> # so do that in here
> #post-install bttv insmod tuner
> #post-remove bttv rmmod tuner
This only prevents the commands from being run when bttv is loaded, it
does not prevent bttv from being loaded itself.
> and /etc/discover.conf and put skip bttv but it doesn't work, the bttv
> modules keep loading during bootup.
Also tell hotplug to load it (etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/).
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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