Moving drivers from one place to another

[r11ckp]

Hey, i need help moving some driver files found in this location

/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00

I need to blacklist a driver in this folder by moving it elsewhere.

Could anybody help me?

Thanks, Richard

[reed9]

Moving the module elsewhere is not the best way to blacklist it. If you don't want a module to load at boot, add a line to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, reading

blacklist <module name>

[r11ckp]

Moving the module elsewhere is not the best way to blacklist it. If you don't want a module to load at boot, add a line to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, reading

blacklist <module name>

Thanks for the response, im still very new to linux. What exactly is a module?

So if i want to blacklist the driver do i type blacklist <driver name> in the terminal?

thanks

[reed9]

Basically, the linux kernel is, at least in part, modular, which means you can add functionality, often in the form of a device driver. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_(Linux)

To temporarily add or remove a module, in this case a driver, you can use the modprobe command. For example to remove a driver using the command line, you use the "-r" option.

sudo modprobe -r <driver>

Or to insert a driver, just

sudo modprobe <driver>
or
sudo modprobe -i <driver>

To blacklist a module everytime the computer boots, you add it to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. (At least in ubuntu. Distros can vary on this.) You need root privileges to do this. Open the file with a text editor as root.

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Then add the lines

blacklist <driver/module name>

[r11ckp]

EXCELLENT!

Jeez things seem really difficult. However, ill stick it out.
Thanks for you time, i'm sorted now. Your help is much appreciated.

Richard

[reed9]

Jeez things seem really difficult. However, ill stick it out.

lol I've been using linux for, oh, something like 15 months now, and you'd be surprised how quickly it all starts to make sense. I wouldn't go back to the windows way in a million years.