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On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:09 PM, »Q« <boxcars@×××.net> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:51:02 +0200 |
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> Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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> |
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>> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> > On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:32:23 +0100, Sebastian Günther wrote: |
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>> > |
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>> >> The third column of lsmod is headed with Used by and consists of a |
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>> >> number and a list of modules which use it. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Everything with a 0 is not used. |
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>> > |
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>> > Not true. Anything with a 0 is not used by another module. That's |
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>> > not the same as not used. |
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>> |
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>> I think a 0 indicates that it's not used at all. For example, lsmod |
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>> here says: |
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>> |
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>> Module Size Used by |
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>> oss_audigyls 21888 0 |
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>> osscore 554244 1 oss_audigyls |
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>> |
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>> If I start Amarok and play a tune, lsmod says: |
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>> |
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>> Module Size Used by |
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>> oss_audigyls 21888 4 |
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>> osscore 554244 3 oss_audigyls |
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>> Note that after the "4" is nothing. That probably means it is used, |
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>> but *not* by a module? That would mean that 0 means really totally |
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>> unused by anything. |
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> I see the same kind of thing, using alsa instead of oss. But Whatever |
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> the 0's mean, the output of lsmod won't be enough to help the OP, who |
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> really wants to be able to tell what modules are *needed*. |
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> |
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> $ lsmod | grep iwl |
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> iwl4965 185000 0 |
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> mac80211 112076 1 iwl4965 |
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> |
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> It's certainly possible that my wireless driver is not being used by |
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> anything at any given microsecond, but this post won't get off my |
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> computer without that driver being used. |
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Yes, I think the only real solution is to remove things and see what breaks. |
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