What loads the ALSA Kernel modules?

[Nikolaus Rath]

Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> writes:
> 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

This doesn't seem to work. I added the lines and restarted, but the
modules are still shown by lsmod.

Best,

   -Nikolaus

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