Re: Blacklisted module still loads!
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:52:31 -0400
"A. F. Cano" <afc@shibaya.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> I don't know what else to try. I have tested the following in
> /etc/modules.conf:
>
> alias snd-cs46xx off
> blacklist snd-cs46xx
> install snd-cs46xx /bin/true (found this on a web site)
>
> in /etc/discover.conf-2.6 and /etc/discover.d/alsa-base
>
> skip snd-cs46xx
>
> A kernel boot parameter:
>
> snd-cs46xx.blacklist=yes
> (per http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/ch05s02.html.en
> section 5.2.1.3)
>
> None of the above prevent the *X&!@% snd-cs46xx module from being
> loaded. The machine in question being an IBM thinkpad 600E, that
> module doesn't work. What I really need is snd-cs4231. Once the
> latter is loaded manually (after unloading snd-cs46xx), sound works.
>
> This is on an Etch system (recently upgraded from Sarge), kernel
> 2.6.18 from the deb source package available and compiled locally.
>
> Can someone clarify what is going on here - what program is doing
> the loading? This is a MB/non-removable device, so I presume it's
> not udev. In any case, it seems that any of the above should have
> prevented the automatic loading.
>
> Help! This is driving me nuts! What have I overlooked? Thanks in
> advance.
>
> A.
>
>
udev manages non-removable devices too. Moreover, it consults
blacklist entries in the directory /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/. Try
placing a file in that directory containing the name of the module you
wish to blacklist.
--
Liam
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