On 18/07/2003 at 22:08, Sven Luther wrote: > Well, but if you don t want to have it loaded next time, remove them > from /etc/modules.
In fact, /etc/modules just specifies the modules that will be loaded when system boots. A module not appearing there does not mean it will not be loaded when system boots; it might be loaded by a daemon (usb modules are usually loaded by hotplug) or by the kernel itself when detecting access to a device that's configured to be handled by that specific module (the nic driver is a typical example). If you want to prevent a module from being loaded anytime, the right way is to put an alias in /etc/modutils/something like: 'alias lp off' and then do 'update-modules'. If you delete the module from /lib/modules/... it will sure not be loaded anymore, but you will get errors in syslog (and you are not suposed to delete by hand files that are managed by debian packaging system, if the kernel is installed as a package). -- Kiko
