I don't think that these should be related, but I've lost my sound after changing video cards.
eyry:/home/hawk# lsmod Module Size Used by ne 5372 1 8390 5944 0 [ne] eyry:/home/hawk# modprobe sb /lib/modules/2.2.6/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy sound: Device or resource busy eyry:/home/hawk# lsmod Module Size Used by uart401 5588 0 sound 54380 0 [uart401] soundcore 2100 3 [sound] ne 5372 1 8390 5944 0 [ne] sound was working, and even autoloading, right until i rebooted (I'm pretty sure i was under the same kernel; i had to reboot fairly often due to X crashing & contaminating withtheis screwball videocard). i'm sure that I'm missing something simple here . . . rick --
