UnLoad a module -- modprobe -r error

fhleung · 09-12-2007, 12:12 AM

Module can be loaded at boot time, when module name added in /etc/modules file.
Are there any conf file for which modules will be loaded when the system start?

lsmod list out the active modules, if I want to remove a module, I would get error:

Code:

#modprobe -r module_name
#FATAL: module module_name is in use

foolagain · 09-12-2007, 04:19 AM

if you have set CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD when the kernel was compiled, you can remove the modules using `rmmod -f modulename`,but
it's not safe to remove that way.

Try removing the module that you don't want to use from /etc/modules file,to prevent the module from loading after next reboot.

fhleung · 09-13-2007, 10:30 PM

User defined module could be added in /etc/modules file, will be loaded at boot time.

For other modules, it could possible to edit the /etc/modprobe.d/aliases file, replace the module_name with off for my case. Not sure if there is such conf file in other distributions.

fhleung · 09-19-2014, 01:10 PM

such command NOT commonly used

Live OS should have all drivers, don't worry about installation
and so you dun need to use xterm and so the command.

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/