Re: modprobe & blacklist

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On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 23:05 -0700, Tod Merley wrote:
> 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
> >
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> 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
> 
Thank you Tod:
lsmod does show two modules are loaded: garmin_gps, usbserial
Adding both of them to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist doesn't prevent
loading them when the GPS receiver is connected. Where do hotplug
scripts live?
	John

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