unable to blacklist modules

[Guest]

From my understanding of Linux and from what I have read in multiple online searches adding the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist should prevent these modules from being loaded:

blacklist cdc_ether
blacklist rndis_host
blacklist ipaq

However, after adding those modules to the blacklist file and rebooting I get the following in /var/log/messages when I plug in my Treo 700w.

Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.076031] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.274234] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.336742] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.436767] eth1: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device, 80:00:60:0f:e8:00
Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.436783] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
Feb 14 22:18:55 leviathan kernel: [ 603.447894] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan

Am I just missing something really simple/stupid?

[kubicle]

Re: unable to blacklist modules

Try running:

sudo update-initramfs -u

That should recreate the initial bootfs with the changes you've made

[Guest]

Re: unable to blacklist modules

Hmm. For some reason that didn't do it.

Here is /var/log/messages after recreating the initial bootfs (and it is the image that I am using to boot):

Feb 15 08:01:02 leviathan kernel: [ 251.932645] usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Feb 15 08:01:02 leviathan kernel: [ 252.130027] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Feb 15 08:01:03 leviathan kernel: [ 252.224765] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
Feb 15 08:01:03 leviathan kernel: [ 252.328819] eth1: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device, 80:00:60:0f:e8:00
Feb 15 08:01:03 leviathan kernel: [ 252.328848] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
Feb 15 08:01:03 leviathan kernel: [ 252.368571] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan
Feb 15 08:01:07 leviathan kernel: [ 256.810996] eth1: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device
Feb 15 08:01:08 leviathan kernel: [ 257.888028] usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address2
Feb 15 08:01:09 leviathan kernel: [ 258.654856] eth1: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device, 80:00:60:0f:e8:00
Feb 15 08:01:09 leviathan kernel: [ 258.748277] eth1: unregister 'rndis_host' usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device
Feb 15 08:01:09 leviathan kernel: [ 258.944026] usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address2
Feb 15 08:01:10 leviathan kernel: [ 259.653856] eth1: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, RNDIS device, 80:00:60:0f:e8:00

It looks like the os is still loading those modules when I attach my device.

Possible bug?