I'm not sure which distro you're using, but debian puts them in: /etc/modules ..
The other way to work around it would be to statically link the alsa stuff into your
kernel. I find that this is a much easier way to do things if you're not
loading/unloading modules for individual cards ..
later,
Steve
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 05:41:02PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> I finally got sound working, thanks. Now if I can only get the modules
> to load at boot. Here is the sysinit script part that deals with sound.
> How can I modify it to load the alsa modules and oss compat modules?
> Oh also, gnome-volume-control does not seem to know that alsa is muted.
> Is their a way, possibly in /proc or /sys to unmute the sound?
>
> Thanks, --Lou
>
> # Load sound modules if and only if they need persistent DMA buffers
> if LC_ALL=C grep -q "options sound dmabuf=1" /etc/modules.conf
> 2>/dev/null ; then
> RETURN=0
> alias=`/sbin/modprobe -c | awk '/^alias sound / { print $3 }'`
> if [ -n "$alias" -a "$alias" != "off" ]; then
> action $"Loading sound module ($alias): " modprobe sound
> RETURN=$?
> fi
> alias=`/sbin/modprobe -c | awk '/^alias sound-slot-0 / { print $3 }'`
> if [ -n "$alias" -a "$alias" != "off" ]; then
> action $"Loading sound module ($alias): " modprobe sound-slot-0
> RETURN=$?
> fi
> fi
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 14:36, Stephen Hassard wrote:
> > Make sure you
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 02:34:23PM -0500, Louis Garcia wrote:
> > > Well that's my question. I'm running 2.5.66 on RH phoebe beta and need
> > > to find out what to choose in the config. I have build a kernel with:
> >
> > You didn't mention if you're using devfsd or not. I'll assume that it's not
> > working for you since 2.5.66 requires a new devfs daemon, which isn't available as
> > binary for most distros.
> >
> > The above being noted, make sure that you run ./snddevices to create the alsa
> > devices in /dev ..
> >
> > > < > OSS PCM (digital audio) API
> >
> > you need the above for digital audio (ie: /dev/dsp)
> >
> > > These modules load ok when I modprobe. I think I have to install
> > > alsa-libs and the oss compat lib? The kernel documentation should be
> > > updated soon.
> >
> > you don't need alsa-libs or the oss-compat lib for oss functionality .. the above
> > should be enough ..
> >
> > also, make sure that your user has permission to write to /dev/dsp.
> >
> > you'll probably need a mixer to unmute the audio. alsa, by design, mutes all audio
> > channels.
> >
> > later,
> > Steve
>
>
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