On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:32 AM, john f jarvis <johnfjarvis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To use gpsbabel with my Garmin Venture Hc gps receiver I must > first remove the FC9 builtin garmin_gps usb module. > As su this works: /sbin/rmmod garmin_gps > > My question: How can I use the blacklist feature of modprobe > to do this automatically? Adding the line: blacklist garmin_gps > to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and/or modprobe.conf.dist > doesn't work. > Thanks, John Jarvis > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi John Jarvis! I would look carefully at the output of lsmod before and after the use of rmmod. Likey there is another "companion" module you need to blacklist to make this work. To make one of my wireless modems work for example I neede to blacklist oronco and oronco_cs to get the job done. Good Hunting! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
