Excuse me Torsten, my mail to you should have gone to the list also, here is what I recall:
On Wed, Oct 08, 1997 at 11:38:15AM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > No. I start the kernel module via /etc/modules. Just put "sound" > > > in a line for its own. > > > > my /etc/modules is 'auto', what do you think? can I have 'auto' and > > 'sound' in the file? > > I don't think so. But with auto setting your sound module will be > automatically loaded -- if configured correctly. It is indeed possible. "auto" just launches kerneld, "sound" just installs the sound module, so that kerneld does not remove it automatically. This is a good idea if you have a post-install that takes a long time (e.g. loading sound font banks (up to 8MB!) or setting the mixer. > Edit the file /etc/conf.modules and check if the following line is > there: > > alias block-major-14 sound Can someone explains me the difference to the default "alias char-major-14 sound", as modprobe -c tells me? /dev/audio shows me a (c) device. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
