On Mi, 23 feb 11, 05:35:15, teddieeb@tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
I was thinking about the reply I read to the restarting sound server
question suggesting removing the modules and re inserting them,
forgive me author of that post, I forget who suggested it...
Anyway I having not attempted this method before was thinking about
how to go about it. I would assume an
# lsmod
That would involve at least some guesswork. 'lspci -v' also shows the
kernel driver used for the specific device (not only for the sound
card).
Would give you the names of your targeted modules and one would follow with
# modprobe -r ModName
&&
# modprobe ModName
Yes
But upon reading the man page for modprobe I get the felling the use
of modprobe is intended for long term management of modules to be
loaded and unloaded in kernel upon boot, e.g. You remove module for
sound but fail to properly reload it and you system is fubar upon
reboot. Should this be a concern with this method? Is modprobe the
suggested method for this type of action or are their commands I'm not
thinking/familure with for said purpose??
I will dare to say that if modprobe fails to reinsert the module
something is *seriously* wrong with the system (hardware and/or
software). The only problems I have encountered so far with this
approach:
# modprobe -r snd-hda-intel
FATAL: Module snd_hda_intel is in use.
'lsof | grep snd' will help find out what is using it.
On another machine, the sound would suddenly just start distorting and
removing and reinserting the module had no effect, the only way to get
it back to normal was a power cycle. I eventually got rid of the problem
when I unplugged the PS2 mouse so I assume it was a hardware conflict.