[plug] PCI sound card and Linux??

[russ]

I also believe rebooting is the only way to test for sure that your
new module will be loaded when you reboot. :)


every time you want to use sound.


John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, russ wrote:
> >
> > > Basically all I had to do was edit /etc/conf.modules
> > > It's pretty well commented in the file.
> > >
> > > Save the file then just shutdown -r now
> >
> > Whats this - Windoze?  No reboot needed, except for harwarde or kernel
> > upgrades. A major reason for kernel modules is to
> 
> I've thought of another;-)
> 
> It's hard to start using another init without rebooting.
> 
> And some problems are best solved with a reboot; yesterday I couldn't
> figure why I couldn't print (printer's on another machine). After fiddling
> around with lpd and lpc commands, I gave up.
> 
> Later I rebooted for some other reason (the system hung!! and I had to
> resort to the reset button) and the printing got done.
> 
> But yes, I did install support for my SCSI CD device without rebooting, &
> that included building and installing kernel modules.
> 
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
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