What loads the ALSA Kernel modules?

[Nils Kassube]

Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> I would like to prevent the loading of the ALSA OSS emulation kernel
> modules (snd_seq_oss, snd_mixer_oss, snd_pcm_oss). But I really could
> not figure out which component is loading them (they are not listed in
> /etc/modules or /etc/init.d/alsa-utils).

It is probably loaded when the hardware is detected. Add the module names 
to the file "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist" like this:

blacklist snd_seq_oss
blacklist snd_mixer_oss
blacklist snd_pcm_oss


Nils