On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 00:43 +0000, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 00:36:49 +0000, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 00:31:53 +0000, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > > > I tried to look at how other distributions handle this, and this > > > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file seems to be a Debianism. From what > > > I can tell (looking at the ubuntu archive and a fedora 10 box) other > > > distros have a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf provided by the hwdata > > > package, which explicitly blacklists fb drivers, avoiding the above > > > issue. > > > > > Looking again ubuntu's hwdata doesn't install that file, so they > > probably have something else. Something for another day… > > > Their blacklist is here: > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/lucid/module-init-tools/lucid/files/head%3A/debian/modprobe.d/ > > So they also blacklist explicitly each fb driver.
Except for the firewire stack, their entire blacklist looks nice (and well commented). Xav -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org