You're right. The rmmod command failed because the device was being used. I tried to "force" the remove, but that just hung like the unbind attempt. I think the gameport is on the same device, and that daemon is running... Will have to look for other connections in the morning. Thanks for the tips.
Peg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:25 PM Subject: Re: XEN - unbind/bind a PCI device > On 9/25/07, Tech Writer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It turns out that the echo to another PCI device unbind worked, and an >> attempt to >> echo my sound card using the wrong slot number failed. So, it looks like >> there's >> something goofy with this unbind file. > > I know next-to-nothing about Xen, but I'm guessing something is > still using the sound card, and the system won't let you unbind > something which is in use. > > As Patrick Flaherty suggested, try unloading the kernel module(s) > which contain the driver for your sound card. I'm guessing that would > be: > > rmmod ens1371 > > If that works, then try the echo command. > > If you get back "Device or resource busy", then the driver can't > unload because it is in use. Look for programs that use sound and > which might be holding a sound device open. Sound servers in > particular (artsd, esd, jackd). > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
