Re: Two Lenny problems
Thanks, Stephen. I've made several mistakes: was in Krusader when I
double-clicked "blacklist"; assumed that SU-ing in a terminal rendered all
that follows as root activity. So, I opened a terminal; SU'd; CD'd to
/etc/modprobe.d; issued the command "nano local"; typed in the line:
blacklist snd_intel8x0; issued a "Write Out" command; exited Nano; typed
ls; saw the file "local" in /modprobe.d; closed the terminal; re-started;
opened a terminal window; SU'd; typed alsamixer; got the same display as
before: no changes in the headings. I did not remove any modules, I
physically removed the modem adapter card. I did read about creating the
"local" file but nothing was said as to where to put it and I didn't
assume that it would be in /modprobe.d. So, when I saw the blacklist file
and it looked like it would fulfill the purpose, I tried it. I do notice
the prompt change from $ to # and recognize it as indicating root status.
I installed several of the KDE programs just because I am more familiar
with them, but the GUI is the Lenny default, GNOME. I will try vi and
gedit and see how I do with them, thanks for the recommendation. BTW, is
UTF-8 the same as "plain text"?
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