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Questions tagged [modprobe]

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systemd: automate modprobe command at boot time

My distribution is Fedora 17 Gnome. Every time I reboot/restart my computer I need to run this command as root: modprobe rt2800usb How can I make it permanent?
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modprobe fails with "Operation not permitted"

I am trying to modprobe wireguard as root, and it fails with: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wireguard': Operation not permitted Adding verbose I get one more line: [root@localhost ben]# insmod…
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How can we create multiple dummy interfaces on Linux?

To Create a Fake Ethernet dummy Interface On Linux we First initialize the dummy interface driver using the below command: /sbin/modprobe dummy. Then we Assign Ethernet Interface alias To Dummy Driver we just initialized above. But it gives the…
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How to block drivers built-into Kernel, i.e. drivers who are not a module

I configured and compiled Linux kernel with nouveau driver built-into kernel, i.e. with <*> as opposed to when doing make menuconfig inside Linux kernel source directory. Now, I intend to use another driver rather than nouveau. If nouveau was a…
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Debian + USB3 HDD + UAS: I/O errors

I'm running rsync to backup a remote machine to a USB hard drive on an ARM SBC and sometimes rsync just stops with "read error from input device (I/O error)". I believe the issue is related to UAS + USB 3.0 + rsync causing high I/O load, because of…
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Disable KVM Kernel Module while its still in use

In order to run a virtual machine, VirtualBox tells me to disable the KVM kernel module. I googled around and found out that KVM is included in the qemu-*-packages, but none of them is/was installed on my system (Debian Wheezy). After that I simply…
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Cannot remove iwlwifi module, even though interface is down

When I run the following two commands, the first one returns without eror, but the second one gives me FATAL: Module iwlwifi is in use. sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi If bringing the wireless interface down still leave the kernel…
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Removing builtin modules in Linux

I'm currently attempting to remove the usbserial module in order to install a new driver module. When I attempt to remove the module I get the following issue: [root@localhost xr21v141x-lnx-3.0-pak]# modprobe -r usbserial FATAL: Module usbserial is…
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Where does modprobe load a driver that udev requests?

Let's take a scenario where a Linux system has booted and is running correctly. A user comes along and hotplugs a USB memory device. The sequence of events that happen are illustrated on the diagram below: Where does modprobe load its driver into…
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Fatal: module nfs not found

I am setting up a new NFS client on a LAN that has a working NFS server (Ubuntu 12.04) running nfs4. The other clients all work as expected. On this new client I'm running ChrUbuntu with kernel 3.4.0 (Kubuntu 12.04) on an Acer Chromebook. I…
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Blacklisting modules in modprobe.d and kernel params is not working

Ok, I have read and followed the instructions on the following posts, however, my kernel modules are still being loaded... Kernel module blacklist not working How do I disable a kernel module persistently? Excluding kernel modules through…
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Override modprobe.d blacklist

I am using Ubuntu 18.04. I'm trying to make a module load at boot; the module in question is iTCO_wdt. There are many questions about blacklisting a kernel module, but I am trying to whitelist one. These are the steps I followed to try to make the…
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Difference between modprobe and sysctl -w in terms of setting system parameters?

We know that sysctl command can change kernel parameters with : # sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com" or by directly editing the file in /proc/sys directory. And for persistent changes, the parameters must be written to…
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modprobe on Centos 7.3 returns multiple and/or strange results

Can someone please tell me why the following command modprobe -n -v dccp_ipv4 returns two results ? install /bin/true install /bin/true And why does modprobe -n -v dccp_ipv6 returns three ? install /bin/true install /bin/true install…
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Understanding Broadcom setup and kernel files

I often install Linux distros form live usb/CDs. For that I would like to be able to setup my wireless without any internet connexion. I have a Broadcom chipset : $ lspci -k 04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n I…
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