On Monday 21 July 2008 17:42, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 02:24:46PM +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Monday 21 July 2008 13:27, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Mon,21.Jul.08, 03:55:20, Dominik Dera wrote: > > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > and the blacklisting won't work if the module is in your initrd! > > > > > You at least need to run update-initramfs and you would probably be > > > > > advised to unpack one to make *sure* it's not in there... > > > > > > > > This problem can be solved by removing 8139cp module, and afterwards > > > > updating initramfs. So it goes like this: > > > > > > > > rmmod -v 8139cp > > > > update-initramfs -uv > > > > > > This will not survive a linux-image update. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrei > > > > Personally, I've never found any problems with both modules being loaded. > > I've had to add 8139too to /etc/modules, and both are loaded, and I think > > the bootup messages complain about 8139cp, and then goes on to say "using > > 8139too". > > > > If the blacklisting won't work, I've had success with loading the > > unwanted module to /bin/true, where it's loaded into nowhere land. Add a > > line to a file in /etc/modprobe.d. I don't know if it matters which file > > you add it to, and I put it, in the case of "pcspkr" in the alsa-base > > file. See below. > > > > install 8139cp /bin/true > > make a "local" file in modprobe.d so that updates to those files won't > bork your custom stuff. > > A
Thanks for that suggestion Andrew. With Fedora it's easy, as it's all added to /etc/modprobe.conf. I've always been a bit confused as to where to add options lines, etc, in my Debian installs /etc/modprobe.d, as there are so many files in this directory. Obviously some are a no-go, but it becomes a bit hit and miss, like close your eyes, and stick a pin in. Ok I'll put the option in this one. I'll definately create a "local" file, and use this in the future. Thanks again. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
