On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 04:00:04PM +0200, Ivo Wever wrote: > I managed to get my sound setup to the point where I can get sound > by running 'modprobe snd-via8233' and some commands for unmuting the > appropriate channels. However, I would prefer the driver being loaded by > the ALSA entry in /etc/init.d, since the alsa config files seem to load > the driver with a bunch of options and perhaps I need them later > [also, simply throwing the driver in /etc/modules seems like an ad-hoc > solution, something I don't like by principle].
I'm assuming that you're using ALSA 0.9. > Now it says in the 'INSTALL' doc (that comes with alsa-drivers) that one > has to add some aliases to /etc/modules.conf. I think (I'm not very good > at reading bash-scripts yet) that /etc/init.d/alsa also looks for a > 'snd-card-0' alias, created in /etc/modules.conf (one of the requested > aliases) and despite adding the requested lines to modules.conf, those > lines have dissapeared from modules.conf again [which, I gather from the > remarks in modules.conf, was to be expected]. Consequently, alsa fails > at boottime. You should add the correct module lines (that you would put in modconf) in /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 > P.S. I think a correct setup also unmutes the mixer automagically, but > assuming I can't get it to work other than using the ad-hoc solution: in > what file should I put the commands that unmute the mixers? When you shut down, alsa-utils should have an init.d script that saves your current mixer settings, and will restore them on the next boot. Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]