How to remove modules from startup?

sparriskrigaren · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 103

Where can I find a file which tells Gentoo which modules that should be loaded at startup? I'd like to remove some of them to try something. A friend of mine told me to check /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 but there's not really anything in that file.

So he told me something about hotplugging. Help me out folks :-)

Gradaz · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:49 pm Post subject:

Take a look at this:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rc-scripts.xml

rc-update utility should help. If you compile something into the kernel it has to be removed by recompiling the kernel.

sparriskrigaren · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 103

The stuff is not compiled into the kernel, they're modules. But I'm sorry, I don't see how that will help me removing the modules that are loaded on the startup. Isn't there just a script or something that tells gentoo which modules that should be loaded, that I can alter?

Gradaz · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject:

For modules I would use these commands:
insmod to load
lsmod to show loaded moduled
rmmod to unload

On my system I load nvidia drivers. I specify that in /etc/modules.autoload

sparriskrigaren · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 103

I found out how to do it.

I had to add the modules I don't want loaded to a file:

/etc/hotplug/blacklist

Now it works fine.

thanks anyway!

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:33 pm Post subject:

Gradaz,

modprobe is more user friendly. It loads dependencies too.

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Gradaz · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject:

You are probably right. I always do modprobe after insmod fails:)

Can someone explain why hotplugging is loading some those modules and you have to blacklist them?