Ok, I have read and followed the instructions on the following posts, however, my kernel modules are still being loaded…
Kernel module blacklist not working
How do I disable a kernel module persistently?
Excluding kernel modules through /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf does not work
I am running
Debian GNU/Linux 9
Originally I created a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist nouveau
blacklist nvidiafb
I have tried creating files for the individual modules
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidiafb.conf = blacklist nvidiafb
/etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf = blacklist nouveau
I have tried adding to the kernel boot params
modprobe.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nvidiafb
I have tried faking the install in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
install nouveau /bin/false
install nvidiafb /bin/false
And after each try, I have ran
depmod -ae && update-initramfs -u
yet, the modules still seem to be loaded
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 10
Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16M]
Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=32M]
I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=128]
Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Capabilities: [900] #19
Kernel driver in use: vfio-pci
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
It seems that I have ran out of solutions to try
Best Answer
Your answer lies in the
lspci
output. You're not loading the nouveau/nvidiafb.The line:
identifies which kernel modules "support" your video card. The other line:
specifies which module is actually loaded for your video card. In this case you've specified the vfio-pci kernel module, which is typically used by people wanting to pass the video card into a virtual machine.
On my system I have the Nvidia proprietary binaries loaded, so my output is a little different:
There are several modules that could load for the device, but the one actually in use is the nvidia kernel module.