HOWTO: Prevent (blacklist) modules from loading

**jeff93063** · December 11th, 2009

I had the same problem with a different module. Just adding it to the blacklist did nothing. I found the answer here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1324246
From Temüjin's post:

After you blacklist it:

Code:

sudo update-initramfs -u

Do that to make the blacklist change stick.

**mbah.pande** · July 31st, 2011

iam new in linux now using natty 11.04
my plymouth broken by
SP5100 TCO timer: mmio address 0xfec000f0 already in use

how to disable that module

**dinoc** · August 13th, 2011

I've tried to blacklist firewire_ohci and firewire_core modules following this tutorial, but is not working.
I'm using the latest Ubuntu 11.04

Anyone know how to blacklist these 2 modules ?

**realzippy** · August 13th, 2011

...have you tried adding them to
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf ?

**Rolandmaffia** · November 14th, 2011

Oh thank you for that enough information!
Regards!

**mr1holmes** · October 25th, 2012

hi.. i'm completely new to ubuntu.
i have dual os (win7 and ubuntu 12.10) on sony vaio.
i think my problem is somewhere related with disabling device modules..
i want to turn off my wireless network as i never use it.
i've already tried disabling wireless network from windows.
in ubuntu it says "wireless is disabled by hardware switch" but the LED of wireless on my laptop is still turned on.(any function key is not provided in my laptop to turn off the wireless).
in windows "vaio smartnetwork" automatically turn off the wireless when the system boots but in ubuntu it never goes off.