Bug 9236

Summary:	X server should possibly run modprobe with -b option
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	PATCH
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	x11-server-xorg	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	use modprobe -b

Description Anssi Hannula 2013-03-02 00:52:11 CET

As seen in bug #8773, X server can run e.g. "modprobe nouveau" which loads even if "blacklist nouveau" is set in /etc/modprobe.conf.

"modprobe -b nouveau" would not load it, so investigate and discuss with upstream if adding "-b" would be wanted here.

Note that the "-b" will cause the X server to fail to start if the driver is specified explicitely in xorg.conf.

Comment 1 Thierry Vignaud 2013-05-28 20:12:27 CEST

Care to patch & test it?

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 2 Anssi Hannula 2013-05-28 20:21:07 CEST

It is my plan, but I really do not have enough time ATM so this will have to wait (at least a few weeks).

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2013-05-28 22:39:18 CEST

Created attachment 4063 [details]
use modprobe -b

(to be tested)

Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-17 21:36:18 CEST

Keywords: (none) => PATCH