On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 02:44:15 +0200, Thomas Neumann wrote: > hiya > > (Short version: How do I disable the autoloading of ipw2200 without > > crippling my system?) > > > Okay, I have a nice little netenv setup on my laptop which lets me > choose between a dhcp-, a wlan-, a static network configuration and > none at all. The latter one is specifically for working outdoor. > > In a quest to reduce power consumption I am trying to disable the > loading of ipw2200 except when explicitely loading netenv/wlan. > (Calling `modprobe ipw2200` at the appropriate place) > > > Things that didn't work at all:
[...] > Things that did work: > ยด--------------------------------------------- > | install ipw2200 /bin/true > `-- /etc/modutils/local-powersave > > Too well. Well the module wasn't autoloaded, but manual loading isn't > possible either. Obviously. I think that modprobe --ignore-install ipw2200 should work to load the module manually. Maybe that is an acceptable workaround, in combination with keeping the "... /bin/true" directive in the configuration file. > I'm looking for a nice and clean way to disable autoloading. Just > autoloading. I do not want to remove the module from the kernel tree > because I need it from time to time. I do not like to do an rmmod, > because that feels like a kludge. > > > So - how do you guy do this? How to propery load/not load modules > based (loosely) on your environment? > > > SystemFacts: - Kernel 2.6.24 & 2.6.25, custom config - Debian Etch - > udev, discover (unmodified) - netenv, dhcp3-client, wpa_supplicant > (unmodified) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
