Re: Suggestion to simplify initial kmod-nvidia install (w/script correction)

2009/12/2 Adam Williamson <adamwill(a)shaw.ca&gt;: > On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 22:52 +0100, Nicolas Chauvet wrote: >> > Isn't adding rdblacklist=nouveau to grub.conf less intrusive? >> >> not, the nouveau kms remains loaded and leave things in the unsafe >> random side. That might work for your hardware/usage , it will not work >> for others... So that's even do not worth to be documented. > > Are you sure? The combination of rdblacklist kernel parameter and > blacklist directive in /etc/modprobe.d should prevent the module being > loaded at all even if it's present in the initramfs. Have you tried > rdblacklist? It's a dracut parameter which should prevent the module > specified from being loaded from the initramfs. I'm not sure at all, nor have done tests. But I think I saw that nouveau still remain loaded. if other options are used on the grub line. Having the nouveau.ko still present in the initramfs leave things in the unsafe side for those who only want to use nvidia. But on the other hand, if only rdblacklist=nouveau,radeon is needed to prevent conflicts with closed source drivers and to avoid to rebuild the initramfs, that will help. Then using /etc/modprobe.d/ for blacklist or not can be deceided if users want to keep the capability to switch between FOSS or closed drivers. (so KMS drivers could be enabled by a grub, entry duplicated for each given kernel).