Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-24 Thread 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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-24 Thread Andy
On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel' > snd_hda_intel 20116 1 > snd_hda_codec 164608 1 snd_hda_intel > snd_pcm84612 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss > snd58372 12 > snd_

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
> lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel' > > failing that try: > lsmod | grep -i 'snd' > (may be somewhat longer Is this enough? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel' snd_hda_intel 20116 1 snd_hda_codec 164608 1 snd_hda_intel snd_pcm84612 3 snd_hda_i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Andy
On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep -i 'snd-hda-intel' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ That means there where no matches in lsmod, probably due to me being a bit stupid and forgetting that it should be _ not -, oops sorry. try: lsmod | grep -i 'snd_hda_intel'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:04:51 +0100 Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. > The su puts you in a super user shell. > You can execute that command first and then execute a several commands > without

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
> That would be a problem > There's probably a better way of doing this but could you type: > lsmod | grep -i 'snd-hda-intel' > > should be able to see what is using it. > Modprobe doesn't seem to want to let it be unloaded for some reason. Did that and got this:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | g

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Andy
On 23/05/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. The su puts you in a super user shell. You can execute that command first and then execute a several commands without the need to prefix the others with sudo. I think sudo is more advisable for s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
< big snip > > You will need to be root to execute the modprobe and rmmod commands, > so open a command line and type > > sudo su - > > followed by your normal user password. Why sudo su - I thought that sudo by itself was root. I did what I thought was right and got this:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
< snip > > > > >> Please can you open a terminal and type the following: > >> > >> lspci | grep Audio > >> > >> and post the output of the line you get in return to the list? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep Audio > > 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01) > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: >> Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> > >> >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been >> >> having. If it works I'll let you know. >> > >> > I am very ignorant

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 19:05 +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been > >> having. If it works I'll let you know. > > > > I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There ha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been >> having. If it works I'll let you know. > > I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There has been a > lot of correspondence relating to the non-working of scanners in > Ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
> Thanks for that. Now I may be able to solve a problem I have been > having. If it works I'll let you know. I am very ignorant in these matters hence my question. There has been a lot of correspondence relating to the non-working of scanners in Ubuntu7.04. So, non techie me having read that the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:49 +0100, Alec Wright wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:42 +0100, norman wrote: > > What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from > > 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? > Nothing, as far as I know, except that you might need to do so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread Alec Wright
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:42 +0100, norman wrote: > What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from > 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? Nothing, as far as I know, except that you might need to do something to make the nVidia binary drivers work again (if you u

[ubuntu-uk] technical question

2007-05-23 Thread norman
What would I expect to have to be aware of, if I changed the kernel from 2.6.20 to 2.6.17, when working with Ubuntu 7.04? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/