Stop drivers modules auto-installing

salukibob · 07-20-2011, 02:23 AM

Hello,

I have two devices (a usb modem and a camera) permanently hard-wired into my system. When linux boots, it automatically inserts their drivers. However, I would like this to be under my control to insert as and when needed. Can anyone give any pointers as to how I might disable auto-insertion, whilst still allowing manual insertion via insmod or modprobe?

I understand the usual method would be to use modules.conf, however in my modules.conf file, there is no entries at all.

Thanks for any help,
Regards
salukibob

AndyLandy · 07-20-2011, 04:05 AM

If your modules.conf is empty or non-existant, it's possible that your distro places its modprobe config in /etc/modules.d/ -- Might be worth having a look in there.