went into /etc/hotplug/blacklist and added the module...then made sure to add the sound card to rc.modules and I'm good to go.... Dan Lansing -----Original Message----- From: Scot Jenkins [mailto:scot+tcluggen at thinkunix.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:11 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] slackware modules in the old days, one used to do: cp -p /etc/modules.conf /etc/modules.conf.old /sbin/depmod -a /sbin/modprobe -c > /etc/modules.conf then vi /etc/modules.conf and change the 3rd field to "off" for the offending module; example: alias <unwanted_module> off Lansing, Dan wrote: > Ok....easy one....on my laptop running slackware 9.0 I get errors every time I boot because it is trying to load the joystick port of my sound card and my sound card has none....i know I have the right sound card selected....i recompiled my kernel to remove joystick support in the sound section and it still does this....what do I need to do to keep this piece of the module from trying to load? > Running kernel 2.4.20 > Slackware 9.0 > IBM ThinkPad a22m > Cs46xx is the soundcard module > > > Dan Lansing -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list