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 > > > > -- > > 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 > 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
