Re: Must I have an `alias char-major-14 off' line?

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 02:28:05AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> | > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 01:21:09PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> | >  
> | > | Yet I wonder why do I get these lines in the first place? In 
> | > | particular, I have the following in /etc/modules.conf:
> | > | 
> | > | # alias char-major-14             sb 
> | > | # options adlib_card io=0x388                                  # FM 
> | > | synthesizer
> | > | # options sb         io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
> | > | # options sbpcd      0x230,SoundBlaster
> | > 
> | > These are not "lines", they are comments.  They have no effect
> | > whatsoever.  Remove the leading '#' character if you want them to be
> | > actual lines instead of comments.
> | 
> | That is exactly the thing I do not understand. Since those lines are
> | only comments, why does modprobe tries to locate module
> | char-major-14 in the first place? (I do not want any sound.)
> 
> First you have to see what char-major-14 is, then determine what
> process is trying to access that service from the kernel.  The purpose
> of the alias lines is to tell the kernel which module provides that
> service on your system.
> 


$ zgrep ' 14 char' /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.2.20/Documentation/device
s.txt.gz
 14 char        Open Sound System (OSS)
$

How can I determine what process is trying to access that service from 
the kernel?

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