[feisty] broken rtl818x and rtl8187 modules loaded at boot time

[Peter Würtz]

Binary package hint: module-init-tools

Hi, there is a broken wlan driver, causing a kernel-oops and system freeze in the ubuntu-sources (bug #78255). This driver is abandoned and experimental.

This bug is a boot-stopper for ppl like me having this wlan chipset onboard. there is no BIOS option for disabling the wlan chipset and there is no way to prevent feisty from loading this driver.

I suggest to add the kernel module "r8187" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as soon as possible.

People could still try to modprobe new versions of the driver, but you should really stop this driver from autoloading.

I would be happy if I could finally boot/install feisty/herd5 normally :)

[Kyle McMartin (kyle)]

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:05:15 -0500
Source: module-init-tools
Binary: module-init-tools-udeb module-init-tools
Architecture: source
Version: 3.3-pre3-1ubuntu2
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Kyle McMartin <email address hidden>
Description:
 module-init-tools - tools for managing Linux kernel modules
 module-init-tools-udeb - tools for managing Linux kernel modules
Changes:
 module-init-tools (3.3-pre3-1ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
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   * Blacklist {rtl818x,rtl8187} drivers. (Ubuntu: #78255, #88430)
Files:
 caa62563127f9651b3a21ddec0f3d1ee 748 admin important module-init-tools_3.3-pre3-1ubuntu2.dsc
 188e41f700e8955c343639128a65c308 24052 admin important module-init-tools_3.3-pre3-1ubuntu2.diff.gz
Original-Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <email address hidden>
Package-Type: udeb

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[Peter Würtz (pwuertz)]

uhm... you blacklisted the modules

blacklist rtl818x
blacklist rtl8187

but the modules are named differently, it should read

blacklist r818x
blacklist r8187

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

I'm changing status to "Invalid" for the linux-source-2.6.20 package this bug is reported against. The reason is that this report focused more on getting the module blacklisted which Kyle took care of. The issue of the broken driver is actually reported at bug #78255. Thanks.