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Still can`t boot Ubuntu, and any other Linux based on a kernel newer than 2.6.3

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Still can`t boot Ubuntu, and any other Linux based on a kernel newer than 2.6.3. It fails on "Loading hardware drivers", because it doesn`t support my vp1022A card based on a a bt878 chipset. It may be because, as far as I know, Linux chooses the wrong driver for that card, It seems like it is recognized as a analog TV card, not as a digital DVB-S card as it is. I used to work on Linux few years ago, and I had the same problem on Mandriva, and the solution was to change some lines in /etc/modprobe, /etc/modprobe.conf, so that the propper driver was chosen. I could change that when the system was installed without the need to boot a linux live cd first.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

m_szura
I don't see your question...?

If you want to blacklist a kernel module you can do it from by editing:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
if you want to load a kernel module you can do it from:
sudo gedit /etc/modules
if you want to pass options to modules loaded by /etc/modules you can edit the:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options

If you don't have a GUI interface and you must use command line, replace gedit with another editor for example:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options -> sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/options
or
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options -> sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/options

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