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Old 03-22-2007, 03:53 AM   #1
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Disable hardware


In Windows XP, you can go to control center, view hardware list, and disable any hardware you want to disable. I want to know how to do same in Ubuntu.

I picked up an old laptop that has a piece of unusual radio-transmitting hardware built in, that I need to disable, at least until I understand what it is and how it works and what laws exist pertaining to its operation. There is a card listed for it in Device Manager (Ubuntu). Can I disable devices in Ubuntu just as did in Windows?
 
Old 03-22-2007, 05:17 AM   #2
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If the hardware is supported and a module is loaded for it by default then just blacklist the module and it will stop it from loading.

See /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

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