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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:41:09 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 05:36 +0100, Mike Tidball wrote: >> > Hi Mike, >> > >> > If Mac 10.x is anything like <10, then when it's booting up hold the > shift >> > key... it should boot without any "extensions" or anything. Then you > can >> > remove the driver. >> > >> > Hope this helps. >> > >> > Grant. >> >> >> OK,but how do you remove a driver,where do you find a list of all the >> drivers that are installed and an option to remove them? > > You don't need to delete the driver file itself, just stop it loading. > > To get a list of kernel modules, open a terminal window > (yes, I know this is Mac but even Mac still needs console): > $ lsmod > > To remove a particular module: > $ sudo modprobe -r $module_name > (use modprobe -r because it also removes the dependencies of that module > - if there are dependencies, rmmod can fail horribly.) > > To stop the module loading at next boot (if that is what you want to > do), ensure it is not in /etc/modules and/or specify it as a blacklisted > module. Cool! I'd presumed that Mac would be different from Linux on this front. I'm *very* pleased to find it isn't. (I don't have a Mac capable of running 10.x) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html