[ubuntu-uk] technical question

[norman]

> The problem is it won't let you remove snd-hda-intel because it's
> being used by other stuff. There is a command to remove it and remove
> other stuff with it as well.
> 
> The only problem is getting all the stuff it pulled out back again (of
> course rebooting will put everything back luckily).
> 
> So type the following (and cross your fingers):
> 
> sudo -i
> modprobe -r snd-hda-intel
> modprobe snd-hda-intel probe_mask=8 model=auto
> modprobe snd
> exit
> 
> (the exit gets you out of the root terminal)
> 
> Tell me what happens.

This sounds awfully risky. After all, I can solve my difficulty by
running normally using 2.6.20, batch the scanning that I need to do and
use 2.6.17. The way Ubuntu is it takes only a very short time to press
the button and wait for a reboot.

Norman