How to stop module 'nouveau' loading

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Xander314 · Post by **Xander314** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:12 am

Sorry if this is the wrong forum area for this - I wasn't sure where else to put it.

I'm working on getting an X server set up with my dual monitor setup (from a single nVidia graphics card). Anyway, so I can better experiment I wanted both the nVidia proprietary driver and the nouveau driver compiled into the kernel as modules.

However, whenever I boot, nouveau is automatically loaded. The only uncommented line in my /etc/conf.d/modules file is
modules="atl1e ntfs"

Are there any other files which specify modules to load at startup? If not, why is nouveau starting automatically?

DaggyStyle · Post by **DaggyStyle** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:25 am

take one path of the following:

remove the module from the kernel
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Nouveau# ... ia_modules - apply as needed

netfab · Post by **netfab** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:09 pm

Code: Select all

Section "Module"
        Disable     "nouveau"
EndSection

in xorg.conf.

Xander314 · Post by **Xander314** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:12 pm

Sorry, I forgot to mention - I haven't got Xorg working yet. I am simply talking about the text console you get by default when Gentoo boots. Running "lsmod" at this showed that nouveau and associated modules were loaded. There was also a long wait during boot while the kernel tried (and failed) to load the "nvidia" module as well. So why are both these modules loading at startup when I haven't told them to?

DaggyStyle · Post by **DaggyStyle** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:22 pm

netfab wrote:
Code: Select all
Section "Module"
        Disable     "nouveau"
EndSection
in xorg.conf.

to relevant to his question.

Xander314 wrote:Sorry, I forgot to mention - I haven't got Xorg working yet. I am simply talking about the text console you get by default when Gentoo boots. Running "lsmod" at this showed that nouveau and associated modules were loaded. There was also a long wait during boot while the kernel tried (and failed) to load the "nvidia" module as well. So why are both these modules loading at startup when I haven't told them to?

why? because boot process thinks you need it.

how to fix it? see my post above.

BillWho · Post by **BillWho** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:15 pm

Xander314,

If you have an /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file add blacklist nouveau line otherwise create the file and add it.

Good Luck

Xander314 · Post by **Xander314** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:14 am

Thanks everyone for your help. Blacklisting the nouveau driver did just what I wanted.