Riccardo Riva

In some situation you may want to avoid loading a Linux driver module automatically . For example:

- In some cases buggy driver causes kernel BUG or system fault on load so you just want to avoid the problem.

- If your system connected without a diskette / floppy drive; kernel will try to load floppy driver – disable floppy driver or module.

The Linux kernel get module information on boot from /etc/modprobe.conf file and /etc/modprobe.d/* file(s).

If you are using RHEL or CentOS do the following :

open your /etc/modprobe.conf file and turn of auto loading using following syntax:

alias driver-name off

If you are using Debian or Ubuntu do the following :

open /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file and add driver name using following syntax:

blacklist driver-name

Reboot your system and use lsmod command to show the status of modules in the Linux Kernel.

Hope this help

Bye
Riccardo

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