> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 16 08:03:29 1996 > Resent-Date: 16 Aug 1996 12:03:29 -0000 > Resent-Cc: recipient.list.not.shown:;@lists.debian.org > Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Casper BodenCummins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'debian-user@lists.debian.org'" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: RE: cdplay & sound.o autoloading > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:06:21 +0100 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/5006 > X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Someone (I know you will) correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the CD > simply send audio directly to the sound card, rather than via a device > file? > > This would not require a sound module, or kernel support for sound, to > be present. It would also suggest your problem lies in the card's > initialisation. > > Casper Boden-Cummins. > > >---------- > >From: Derek Lee[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 16 August 1996 01:36 > >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > >Cc: The recipient's address is unknown. > >Subject: cdplay & sound.o autoloading > > > >I have been seeing something strange on my system. The autoloading of > >the sound module works most of the time. The problem is with the CD > >playing programs (cdplay from cdtool 1.0 or workman). They do not send > >a request the sound module to kerneld. But they work if the module has > >been loaded at some point in the past. In fact, they would continue to > >work even if the sound module has been removed from the kernel! > > > >--Derek Lee > > > >
Hi I am coming to the same conclusion myself So where is this initialisation done? --Derek