I think this is just incorrect usage of modprobe, see --help output, it only accepts one module at a time and interprets the following pieces as module-options:
$ modprobe -h Usage: modprobe [-v] [-V] [-C config-file] [-d <dirname> ] [-n] [-i] [-q] [-b] [-o <modname>] [ --dump-modversions ] <modname> [parameters...] modprobe -r [-n] [-i] [-v] <modulename> ... modprobe -l -t <dirname> [ -a <modulename> ...] So the correct way would be to do this in separate steps like this: sudo modprobe thinkpad_ec sudo modprobe tp_smapi sudo modprobe hdaps Therefore I am closing this as invalid, please try it this way and reopen if there are other errors reported in dmesg this way. ** Changed in: tp-smapi (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- Could not load thinkpad_ec on Karmic (ThinkPad X61s) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493120 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs