Unable to remove usbcore

MOHCTP · 07-07-2005, 11:00 PM

My computer doesn't have USB, so I don't want anything to do with it.

I ran modconf, a Debian utility for selecting modules that load with my kernel and found that I have usbcore in my kernel/drivers/usb. I tried to remove (unload?) it, but got an error message:

Code:

usbcore: Device or Resource busy.

I think modconf simply ran

Code:

modprobe -r usbcore

because when I do that I get the same error message.

usbcore is listed in lsmod, but there is nothing that depends on it or uses it... I think. Well, there shouldn't be -- I don't have USB!

Background info: Linux newbie running Debian Sarge on OmniBook 4000CT.

Nathanael · 07-08-2005, 04:01 AM

you want to post your fill lsmod?

MOHCTP · 07-08-2005, 09:40 AM

Here it is:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
af_packet              11048   1  (autoclean)
orinoco_cs              3860   1 
orinoco                29172   0  [orinoco_cs]
hermes                  4708   0  [orinoco_cs orinoco]
ds                      5844   2  [orinoco_cs]
i82365                 10916   2 
pcmcia_core            38020   0  [orinoco_cs ds i82365]
rtc                     5768   0  (autoclean)
usbcore                52268   1 
lp                      5540   0  (autoclean)
parport                21608   0  (autoclean) [lp]
sb                      7508   0 
sb_lib                 30350   0  [sb]
uart401                 5860   0  [sb_lib]
sound                  48872   0  [sb_lib uart401]
isa-pnp                25552   0  [i82365 sb]
apm                     8428   1 
mousedev                3604   0  (unused)
input                   3040   0  [mousedev]
soundcore               3268   5  [sb_lib sound]
ide-detect               288   0  (autoclean) (unused)
ide-disk               12448   6  (autoclean)
unix                   12752   7  (autoclean)
ide-core               91864   6  (autoclean) [ide-detect ide-disk]

Nathanael · 07-08-2005, 09:56 AM

hmmm... no idea - leave it in - will not use up ALL your resources ;-)

MOHCTP · 07-08-2005, 10:14 AM

Well, this machine has 32Megs of RAM and it's a 486, so every little bit helps.
And then it's the principle of the thing, isn't that what Linux is about anyway?
I could just use W98 -- it recognizes all the hardware and works quite well...
I bet I could even put W2K or XP on it.

I have to say: if someone with 20 years of computer experience cannot get Linux (Debian) to work even after a week of reading FAQs and HOWTOs for no less than a few hours a day, this OS has no chance. To solve a Windows problem, even the most obscure system halt, all you do these days is Google for the error message, and you hit an MS knowledgebase article, a site that offers to sell you the solution, and a forum where people tell you how to fix it.
On this system I have the most basic of system tools, fsck, crashing on me, and I can't even get a clue why.
My built in PS/2 mouse (trackball) still doesn't work!
I haven't even thought of installing X yet.

Sure, it's all partly my fault for choosing to do it on a really decrepit piece of hardware, with no Floppy drive, no CD-ROM, and no Network boot capability, but otherwise what would be the point? On a modern box I can just run Windows.