Re: Two Lenny problems

[Cecil Knutson]

Thanks, Stephen. I've made several mistakes: was in Krusader when I  
double-clicked "blacklist"; assumed that SU-ing in a terminal rendered all  
that follows as root activity.  So, I opened a terminal; SU'd; CD'd to  
/etc/modprobe.d; issued the command "nano local"; typed in the line:  
blacklist snd_intel8x0; issued a "Write Out" command; exited Nano; typed  
ls; saw the file "local" in /modprobe.d; closed the terminal; re-started;  
opened a terminal window; SU'd; typed alsamixer; got the same display as  
before: no changes in the headings.  I did not remove any modules, I  
physically removed the modem adapter card.  I did read about creating the  
"local" file but nothing was said as to where to put it and I didn't  
assume that it would be in /modprobe.d.  So, when I saw the blacklist file  
and it looked like it would fulfill the purpose, I tried it.  I do notice  
the prompt change from $ to # and recognize it as indicating root status.   
I installed several of the KDE programs just because I am more familiar  
with them, but the GUI is the Lenny default, GNOME.  I will try vi and  
gedit and see how I do with them, thanks for the recommendation.  BTW, is  
UTF-8 the same as "plain text"?

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