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Falcata

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From: Michiana

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Modules to Blacklist

Running lsmod shows the following output:

Module                  Size  Used by
udf                    82212  0
isofs                  32036  0
zlib_inflate           18560  1 isofs
uinput                  7552  2
vmix                   12468  0
ossusb                 60680  0
ich                    18928  0
osscore               544920  3 vmix,ossusb,ich
ext2                   64392  1
parport_pc             34884  1
ppdev                   7556  0
i2c_i801                9232  0
serio_raw               5508  0
psmouse                36880  0
ppp_generic            24348  0
pcspkr                  2816  0
lp                      9444  0
parport                31596  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
nvidia               7816704  24
intel_agp              23740  0
agpgart                28244  2 nvidia,intel_agp
dcdbas                  7200  0
sg                     27188  0
thermal                15260  1
processor              32096  1 thermal
fan                     4356  1
button                  6416  0
battery                10372  0
ac                      4484  0
joydev                 10048  0
usbhid                 42944  0
hid                    39168  1 usbhid
ff_memless              5128  1 usbhid
tuner                  35296  0
tea5767                 6404  1 tuner
tda8290                12676  1 tuner
tda18271               31496  1 tda8290
tda827x                10116  1 tda8290
tuner_xc2028           19984  1 tuner
xc5000                 10244  1 tuner
tda9887                 9348  1 tuner
tuner_simple            8712  1 tuner
mt20xx                 12040  1 tuner
tea5761                 4868  1 tuner
evdev                   9472  7
usblp                  12416  0
saa7134               129108  0
videodev               31616  2 tuner,saa7134
v4l1_compat            13956  1 videodev
compat_ioctl32          1536  1 saa7134
v4l2_common            10624  2 tuner,saa7134
videobuf_dma_sg        11396  1 saa7134
videobuf_core          15876  2 saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
ir_kbd_i2c              8208  1 saa7134
ir_common              32772  2 saa7134,ir_kbd_i2c
tveeprom               14608  1 saa7134
i2c_core               19348  17 i2c_i801,nvidia,tuner,tea5767,tda8290,tda18271,tda827x,tuner_xc2028,xc5000,tda9887,tuner_simple,mt20xx,tea5761,saa7134,v4l2_common,ir_kbd_i2c,tveeprom
tg3                   111236  0
slhc                    6016  1 ppp_generic
rtc_cmos                9120  0
rtc_core               15516  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2944  1 rtc_core
ext3                  123912  2
jbd                    44052  1 ext3
mbcache                 7172  2 ext2,ext3
sd_mod                 23320  5
sr_mod                 15300  0
cdrom                  33952  1 sr_mod
pata_acpi               4992  0
ehci_hcd               33804  0
uhci_hcd               22288  0
usbcore               129776  6 ossusb,usbhid,usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ata_piix               17668  4
ata_generic             5636  0
libata                141840  3 pata_acpi,ata_piix,ata_generic
scsi_mod               92204  4 sg,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
dock                    7952  1 libata

Which modules can I safely disable to streamline my system and/or boot process?

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carlocci

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

pcspkr !

nbvcxz

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

!joydev

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Falcata

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Joydev?  Don't I need that to use my computer's joystick?

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carlocci

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

he, you think your computer randomly loads modules?
Almost every module is loaded because the kernel detected a device.
The others are usually dependencies for those modules.

If you don't use your joystick you can remove joystick related modules, if you don't use sound, if you don't need the printer, parallel port and so on
You can always load them when needed.

Convergence

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

that isn't totally true.  For instance, if you use an nvidia gpu, then you DON'T want agpgart loaded.  Lots of things might be loaded that are undesirable.

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Xyne

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Joydev?  Don't I need that to use my computer's joystick?

Um, how exactly do you expect people to know which modules you actually use? Why don't you filter the modules that you know you need from the list, then look up the ones that you're unsure about and after you've done all that post a list of the ones you're still unsure about.

Otherwise it's like dumping Legos all over the floor and saying "I'm building something, which ones don't I need?"

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brazzmonkey

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

If you don't need your parallel port, you can disable parport_pc,ppdev,lp.

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Falcata

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Well, those modules don't get loaded because I don't have a parallel port.

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brazzmonkey

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Well, how come they're listed in your lsmod, then?

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Falcata

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Because that post was made before I built my current computer.

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Xyne

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

Running lsmod shows the following output:
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Which modules can I safely disable to streamline my system and/or boot process?

!joydev

Joydev?  Don't I need that to use my computer's joystick?

Um, how exactly do you expect people to know which modules you actually use? Why don't you filter the modules that you know you need from the list, then look up the ones that you're unsure about and after you've done all that post a list of the ones you're still unsure about.

Otherwise it's like dumping Legos all over the floor and saying "I'm building something, which ones don't I need?"

If you don't need your parallel port, you can disable parport_pc,ppdev,lp.

Well, those modules don't get loaded because I don't have a parallel port.

Well, how come they're listed in your lsmod, then?

Because that post was made before I built my current computer.

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brazzmonkey

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

just realised this thread is almost 1 year old...

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Allan

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Re: Modules to Blacklist

OK, time to close...

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