failing modules on thinkpad 390X

[Darren Critchley]

Eric Donkersloot wrote:

>On Wednesday 06 October 2004 17:54, Andy wrote:
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>>Darren Critchley wrote:
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>>>I noticed this morning that two modules are failing to load on boot:
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>>>   pciehp.ko and shpchp.ko
>>>They are part of the hotplug system and they both are giving me a FATAL:
>>>Error inserting  . .. . . Operation not permitted.
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>>No answers, but to confirm...I get the same on one of my boxes - Asus
>>A7V motherboard (VIA Apollo KT133 chipset) bgut not AFAIK on the other
>>(SiS chipset).
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>>Just checked bugzilla - there's an open bug on these (1869) and some
>>mention of earlier mailing list discussion. Not sure if it's quite the
>>same thing or not but it looks connected to me.
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>You can add the modules to your hotplug blacklist if you actually don't need 
>the modules to be loaded.
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Could you please refer me to an FAQ or something so I could figure out 
how to do this.
Also can anyone explain what the hotplug modules are used for and are 
they necessary for a laptop?

Thanks
Darren