Blacklisting does not work...

[Fawad Nazir]

After doing a little bit of more research on it. I found out few
interesting things.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file is only to blacklist modules to be
loaded when the linux boots up, and this also works for me.

This list had no control over the modules loaded through hotplug (like
plugging in a PCMCIA card after booting).

For this i tried to add modules names in /etc/hotplug/blacklist. But
this actually does not work. Still the orinoco modules gets loaded
when i plug in my PCMCIA card.

Any clues about this?


On 5/17/06, David Hart <ubuntu at tonix.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 01:22:56PM +0100, Ewan Mac Mahon wrote:
> > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:21:13PM +0100, David Hart wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 10:30:12AM +1000, Fawad Nazir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am using Ubuntu 5.10, Linux v.2.6.16.5 and trying to use hostap_cs
> > > > driver for my prism chipset card instead of orinoco_cs.
> > > [...]
> > Then you've buggered it up - that kernel version is not the one that is
> > used in Ubuntu 5.10; how did you get into this state?
>
> Looking at the OP's previous posts it seems it's a handbuilt Linus
> kernel.
>
> I hope the link you posted in the previous thread has answered the
> OPs problem.  (I was going to reply to the previous thread later but
> wouldn't've known about the blacklist changes without your post ;)
>
> I think I should point out to the OP that the 2.6.x Linus kernels
> (despite what it says at kernel.org) are really development kernels -
> there are many changes between releases.  It's distros such as Ubuntu
> that massage them into shape for a stable release.
>
> I have a couple of suggestions for the OP that may help.  Check whether
> things work with a standard Ubuntu kernel before posting questions
> and make it clear that your problem relates to non-Ubuntu software.
> If you want your kit to work reliably for day to day use, use another
> box for kernel building etc, or, if that's not possible, dual boot.
>
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Fawad Nazir