release and remove modules.....almost there:)

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 17.04.2004 schrieb chun lee um 15:41:

> hi there:
> thanks for all your help getting me set up. i am almost there..... i
> hope;)
> just another quick one. i am trying to remove a (sound) module by
> typing:
>   /sbin/rmmod soundcore
> and i get this:
>   soundcore: Device or resource busy
> do i need to release it first? how do i do this? is soundcore the
> default sound driver in Fedora? i want to put a new driver in and want
> to make sure that i remove the right one.

soundcore.o is some kind of basic module. So you first have to unload
all modules sitting on top of this module. Check the output of "lsmod".
You may also run "grep soundcore
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2179.nptl/modules.dep" to see which modules depend
on soundcore.o.

> many thanks again
> 
> CHUN

Alexander


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