kubuntu 9.04 driver

1. which drivers(modules) i am using ?

drivers? ah no correct name is modules. yes i know. anyway type this

lsmod

see this to understand which name your driver has.

well i have done and now which is the name of the driver? i can’t understand!
see below lsmod output  the bold one… is an ethernet driver..

• how could i filter the result ?

lsmod | grep KEY

• how could i remove a driver?

sudo rmmod NAMEOFDRIVER

• how could i add a driver?

sudo modprobe NAMEOFDRIVER

ex : ethernet driver e100

lsmod output

Module Size Used by
aes_i586 15744 2
aes_generic 35880 1 aes_i586
i915 65540 2
drm 96296 3 i915
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56340 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
vboxnetflt 91016 0
vboxdrv 117544 1 vboxnetflt
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 435636 2
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
arc4 9856 2
ecb 10752 2
snd_pcm 82948 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
ath5k 107008 0
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
mac80211 217208 1 ath5k
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
pcmcia 44748 0
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
joydev 18368 0
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
led_class 12036 1 ath5k
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
psmouse 61972 0
tifm_7xx1 13824 0
pcspkr 10496 0
usblp 20224 0
sdhci_pci 15232 0
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
serio_raw 13316 0
wacom 28808 0
input_polldev 11912 0
tifm_core 15900 1 tifm_7xx1
yenta_socket 32396 1
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
cfg80211 38032 2 ath5k,mac80211
snd 62628 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
usb_storage 82880 0
usbhid 42336 0
ohci1394 38576 0
e100 41740 0
mii 13312 1 e100
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
compcache 12876 1
lzo_decompress 10880 1 compcache
lzo_compress 10880 1 compcache
tlsf 14092 1 compcache

remove the driver:

sudo rmmod e100 &&  sudo rmmod mii

• why mii too ? , mii is using e100 to work …so

add the driver:

sudo modprobe  e100

• What hardwares is there?

sudo lshw

• how could i filter this result?

sudo lshw 2>&1 | grep ath

• why sudo ? sudo will give you a complete stuff without you can get only few informations

2.load automatically a driver to boot time

sudo nano /etc/modules

then add the name of your driver on the end of the file for example for my atheros wifi card.

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with “#” are ignored.

lp
ath_pci

as you can see i have ath_pci this is the madwifi driver, that i have compiled for my kernel.

• well but i have 2 driver is it going to interfere if i use 2 driver?

yes if you have 2 driver you will have problems. so see  driver ‘s blacklist

3.Driver’s Blacklist

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

add to last line this

blacklist NAMEOFDRIVER

EX:
i know i have compiled my madwifi driver and the system, by default , using ath5k for the atheros wifi card…
so
this is my blacklist.conf

# This file lists those modules which we don’t want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug
.
.
.
.

# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

# EDAC driver for amd76x clashes with the agp driver preventing the aperture
# from being initialised (Ubuntu: #297750). Blacklist so that the driver
# continues to build and is installable for the few cases where its
# really needed.
blacklist amd76x_edac
blacklist ath5k

this is my /etc/modules

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with “#” are ignored.

lp
ath_pci

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