how to stop module from loading

greg108 · 08-25-2004, 04:10 PM

I finally got Debian installed with GUI.
Cool

But when I was installing nvidia driver it said that my kernel has a module rivafb which might cause a conflict. So I did
modprobe -r rivafb
and started x and everything works great.

But I don't feel like recompiling kernel to get rid of this rivafb.

Is there any way to change configuration and stop it from loading?
Or did modprobe -r removed it permanently?

Moloko · 08-25-2004, 04:43 PM

Use modconf to get rid of the module or edit your /etc/modules file

m_yates · 08-25-2004, 06:36 PM

You should add the module to /etc/hotplug/blacklist to prevent it from being loaded. Also, make sure it is NOT listed in /etc/modules.

I think the default /etc/hotplug/blacklist file has the riva framebuffer driver in it already. You may want to check it. At the bottom of my blacklist file it says:

Quote:

##disable framebuffer drivers
i810fb
rivafb