On 5 May 2017 at 19:50, Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/04/2017 01:28 PM, David De Graaf wrote: >> >> Is blacklisting broken? >> >> I've created /etc/modprobe.d/wireless.conf with one line: >> blacklist r8712u >> and yet, after a reboot, the r8712u module is installed. > > > I don't think it's broken, no. The man page for modprobe.conf indicates > that blacklisting a module will cause modprobe to disregard the aliases > within the module that associate it with the PCI ID of the device it > supports. If you load the module directly, by name, blacklist doesn't > prevent the module from loading. > > On my laptop, the ethernet module is built in to the initramfs, but the > wireless module isn't. All the same, you could try "lsmod > /boot/initramfs-<kver>" to see if the module is loaded there. > You probably meant lsinitrd (not lsmod). [...] -- Ahmad Samir _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
