Re: Problems 'removing nouveau' in fed 18

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On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:43:18PM +0100, Nicolas Chauvet wrote:

> >> The standard ways of getting rid of
> >> the nouveau driver (up to Fed 17)
> >> do not seem to work anymore in Fed 18:
> >>
> >>   add 'rdblacklist=nouveau' to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in
> >> /etc/default/grub
> >>   (and/or add 'blacklist nouveau' to
> >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf) and
> >>   then run grub2-mkconfig and dracut.

> > You have to create a file like /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-blacklist.conf with
> >
> > omit_drivers+=" nouveau "

> This is only a workaround, the root cause is that rd.driver.blacklist
> does not function..
> 
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873220
> And this is the proposed patch:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.initramfs/2971
> 
> I may not implement the workaround for the proprietary driver that use
> the rd.driver.blacklist function. But more likely break with a
> describing message if a user install the package with an unfixed
> dracut, so everyone fix the problem in the right way.
> 
> Nicolas (kwizart)

Should this not be an official bug plus bugfix for Fed18?

I do not quite understand the patch, a bit above my competence,
so I shall not attempt to apply it.

Alexander

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