Comment 22 for bug 212221

Hi Bozza,

Blacklisting will disable the loading of the modules you specify i.e. they will not be loaded automagically and the dependent hardware will NOT work if there aren't any replacement modules.
Of course this is not funny but it will help you to determine if the specified module is the metaphorical "sand in the engine" ;-)

To give you an idea what modules have been loaded on your machine type:

lsmod | less

this is, of course, a very long list so type :

lsmod | grep 7134 | less

now you see the modules of the saa 7134 driver
So, now we are going to check what has been blacklisted already:

less /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Got the idea ? ;-)
Now start editing:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and enter the following lines:

#this line is comment but will keep reminding me why i do the following stuff for my TV card
blacklist saa7134

now save it en reboot,

Happy Hacking ;-)