I think this makes sense - I just had to manually remove /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-e1000e.dpkg-bak after upgrading module-init-tools to a version which removed blacklist-e1000e. Without manually removing that file, the blacklist was still being honoured.
** Changed in: module-init-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Saving dkpg-old files in /etc/modprobe.d doesn't make sense https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125213 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs