# istrain — keep the kernel DVB-T driver off the RTL-SDR dongles so SDR apps (rtl_airband, rtl_fm) own # them via libusb. Without this, dvb_usb_rtl28xxu claims a dongle at boot and rtl_airband hangs on # "Allocating zero-copy buffers" (rtl_fm auto-detaches, rtl_airband does not). These dongles are SDR-only. # # Deploy (sudo): sudo cp blacklist-rtl-sdr.conf /etc/modprobe.d/ && sudo modprobe -r dvb_usb_rtl28xxu # (the modprobe -r frees it for THIS session without a reboot; the file keeps it off after reboot) blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu