Make the blacklist of a module persistent across updates

asked 2017-11-09 03:29:10 -0600

umberts
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Hi Fedora users! I love using Fedora and I chose it specifically for the integration with Gnome because I have a laptop that has a touchscreen, so proper touch support was a nice thing to have. Everything has worked flawlessly out of the box since the installation but now a problem arises: i have a crack on the glass of the touchscreen: that means that it sometimes register a touch imput making my cursor crazy and the system unusuable.

I'm using Wayland and i found that the kernel module responsible for the touchscreen is hid_multitouch, so I used modprobe -r to remove it but it's only temporary AFAIK. I have put it in /etc/modprobe.d but i have to regenerate the initramfs with dracut, and I love that Fedora updates kernel versions often, but I'd like a method of blacklisting that is persistent during the whole lifetime of the OS if possible.

I'm currently searching for an option and I can't decide which is the best one for this UEFI system:

Dracut? If so, how?
Modprobe? If so, how?
GRUB boot parameters? If so, how?

Help me out guys, I'd gladly appreciate it :D

answered 2017-11-14 09:40:25 -0600

genodeftest
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Your solution in /etc/modprobe.d/ should be permanent already, as dracut should respect that folder. Anyway, I'd go for solution 3 for experimenting only, 2 for a permanent solution and 1 only if dracut fails to respect the rules in modprobe for some reason.

Dracut only prevents dracut from putting modules into the initramfs. If they are blacklisted, they won't be loaded in the initramfs either. If you still want to remove kernel modules from initramfs, have a look at man dracut.conf. Basically you'll need a file in /etc/dracut.conf.d/ with a line like this: omit_drivers+=" usb-storage uas ums-* snd soundcore snd-* ". As dracut does not put all kernel modules into your initramfs, you might want to use lsinitrd on a file in /boot/initramfs-4.[…].img before and have a look at all the kernel modules in your initramfs. lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-4.13.12-200.fc26.x86_64.img | less should be enough. Then search for files below usr/lib/modules/ which are the kernel modules present in your initramfs. Please note that removing essential modules might break your boot.
Modprobe: Using the permanent config files in /etc/modprobe.d/ (see man modprobe.d), you can prevent the kernel from loading specific modules. This configuration will be copied into the initramfs when dracut is running for the next time, e.g. by updating your kernel or running dracut manually.
GRUB boot parameters: This is only a temporary solution and should not be used permanently. Enter the grub config menu during boot and add module_blacklist=modname1,modname2,modname3 to the kernel command line. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentat... for details.

Further info:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...

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