[PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Tim Wescott
I'm still trying to decide if letting #1 son know of the existence of FreeGeek was a good idea. After running around swapping parts between his GeekBox and the family computer (AKA the Handy Pile of Parts) he's left me with a quirk in the family computer -- it used to have an Nvidia card in

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Daniel Hückmann
Blacklist the kernel module and then update initramfs? Daniel Hückmann - Sophsec Intrusion Labs - Silicon Forest (PDX) -- http://www.google.com/profiles/sanitybit http://twitter.com/sanitybit On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread dan
Have you tried editing the xorg.conf file? On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: I'm still trying to decide if letting #1 son know of the existence of FreeGeek was a good idea. After running around swapping parts between his GeekBox and the family

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Tim Wescott
How do I blacklist the kernal module? How do I update initramfs? On 07/18/2010 04:45 PM, Daniel Hückmann wrote: Blacklist the kernel module and then update initramfs? Daniel Hückmann - Sophsec Intrusion Labs - Silicon Forest (PDX)

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread dan
/etc/X11/xorg.conf On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: The xorg.conf file would be Ubuntu's brains, yes? Where is it? I've tried 'find', and it doesn't pop up. On 07/18/2010 05:06 PM, dan wrote: Have you tried editing the xorg.conf file? On

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Mike Connors
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: How do I blacklist the kernal module? /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf The trick is knowing the correct name of module. You should be able to figure this out w. lspci, dmesg, or looking in /etc/X11/xorg.conf I

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread nathan
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:20:21 -0700, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote: I'm still trying to decide if letting #1 son know of the existence of FreeGeek was a good idea. After running around swapping parts between his GeekBox and the family computer (AKA the Handy Pile of Parts) he's

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Daniel Hückmann
sudo update-initramfs -a should update the initramfs, try it after you add the kernel module to the blacklist. Daniel Hückmann - Sophsec Intrusion Labs - Silicon Forest (PDX) -- http://www.google.com/profiles/sanitybit

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Tim Wescott
Ubuntu, in an effort to Appelize Linux, has moved everything: t...@fawkes:~$ ls /etc/x11 ls: cannot access /etc/x11: No such file or directory That's why I was asking... On 07/18/2010 05:21 PM, dan wrote: /etc/X11/xorg.conf On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Tim Wescottt...@wescottdesign.com

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:52:12PM -0700, Tim Wescott wrote: Ubuntu, in an effort to Appelize Linux, has moved everything: Says who? mich...@bivy:~/Documents$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Daniel Herrington
On all my Ubuntu boxes, /etc/X11 contains the xorg.conf configuration stuff. Why wouldn't that correct? d...@blackswan:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 8.10 d...@blackswan:~$ ls /etc/X11 app-defaults

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Mike Connors
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.uswrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:52:12PM -0700, Tim Wescott wrote: Ubuntu, in an effort to Appelize Linux, has moved everything: The new X server doesn't need an xorg.conf file anymore rather gathering the devices with

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Tim Wescott
Oops: /etc/X11 On 07/18/2010 06:52 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: Ubuntu, in an effort to Appelize Linux, has moved everything: t...@fawkes:~$ ls /etc/x11 ls: cannot access /etc/x11: No such file or directory That's why I was asking... On 07/18/2010 05:21 PM, dan wrote: /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Re: [PLUG] Where does Ubuntu keep it's brains?

2010-07-18 Thread Tim Wescott
Thank you, that was it -- once I got my capitalization right. I dunno why it didn't pop up in 'find'. Oh well -- problem solved. On 07/18/2010 05:21 PM, dan wrote: /etc/X11/xorg.conf On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Tim Wescottt...@wescottdesign.com wrote: The xorg.conf file would