evbug causes strange dmesg output
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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module-init-tools (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When the module evbug is loaded at startup the output of dmesg contains only messages like these:
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
evbug.c: Event. Dev: isa0060/
I have blacklisted the module now and have again a dmesg with more content.
What is this module for? Does it make sense to deactivate it? So far I haven´t recognized any impacts on my system.
Florian
evbug is Input driver event debug module.
It should not be autoloaded. It is listed in /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist (or
should be). If it isn't on your system, then perhaps you modifed that file at
some point.
Does the file /etc/modprobe.conf exist? It should not exist. (On an modern system that file OVERRIDES all distribution- supplied configuration, including blacklists, rather than augments it.)
see bug 27984 for more info.