The /etc/modprobe.d/ folder no longer works

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Unable to disable snd_hda_intel power_save through modprobe

After spending much too much time on this issue I finally figured it out: seems like some recent TLP or kernel audio driver changes caused the issue. After using auditd to see what was editing the file I found out that tlp was wiping out any changes I did through modprobe or systemd services during boot. To solve the issue all I had to do was edit /etc/tlp.conf to such that the audio section looks like this (I didn’t dig into which line was specifically the culprit, but I seems like TLP may thin…