Re: Blacklisting does not work...
On Wed, 17 May 2006 10:35:54 +1000
"Fawad Nazir" <fawad.nazir@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using Ubuntu 5.10, Linux v.2.6.16.5 and trying to use
> hostap_cs driver for my prism chipset card instead of orinoco_cs.
>
> I am trying to blacklist orinoco & orinoco_cs drivers. I have
> tried three things:
>
> 1. I added these driver names in /etc/hotplug/blacklist
>
> 2. I also tried to do:
> fawad@Ubuntu-01:/etc/hotplug$ echo 'blacklist orinoco' | sudo tee
> -a /etc/modprobe.d/my_blacklist
> blacklist orinoco
> fawad@Ubuntu-01:/etc/hotplug$ echo 'blacklist orinoco_cs' | sudo
> tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/my_blacklist
> blacklist orinoco_cs
>
> 3. I also tried $sudo modprobe -r orinoco_cs
> $sudo modprobe -r orinocu_cs
>
> But still when i plug my PCMCIA card, automatically orinoco_cs
> driver is loaded and is assigned to my card.
>
> fawad@Ubuntu-01:/etc/hotplug$ ls -al
> /sys/class/net/eth0/device/driver lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0
> 2006-05-17 10:26 /sys/class/net/eth0/device/driver ->
> ../../../../../bus/pcmcia/drivers/orinoco_cs
>
> I dont know how is this card being loaded. Please let me know, how
> can i get rid of this driver.
>
> Anyhelp in this regard will be highly appretiated.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Fawad Nazir
>
You should probably try the Ubunto list. Ubunto is only based on
Debian, but they are not the same.
--
Raquel
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