Barthel aus Pennswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 00:07, Nikhil Deo wrote: > > Whenever I reboot the comp, it says /dev/dsp not found. > > Then I have to run sndconfig and then modprobe soundcore and snd-intel8x0 > > and then mixer gets muted and have to unmute it everytime. > > The '/dev/dsp not found' message is slightly misleading in this case, > since it's not the /dev/dsp file that missing, but the device to which > it points. So you don't need to run sndconfig again. > > What you do want to do is to add 'modprobe snd-intel8x0' to your init > files. You'll also probably want to include the OSS compatibility, so > add 'modprobe snd-pcm-oss' as well. Since I run Slackware, the file I > modified is /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, but distros like RedHat may have a > different name for the equivalent file. > > You can also include the unmuting commands in an initialization script. > In /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I have: > > [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.asound ] && /etc/rc.d/rc.asound > > Then, in the executable file /etc/rc.d/rc.asound I have all of the > commands needed to unmute and set the default volume for my mixer > devices: > > # /etc/rc.d/asound > > # ALSA initialization file > > # Automatically unmute all channels upon boot > echo "Unmuting audio channels..." > amixer set 'Master' 80% unmute >/dev/null > amixer set 'Master Mono' 80% unmute >/dev/null > ... > > HTH > > Barthel > --
Thanks to everyone who replied. I put all the stuff in rc.local and now it works. cheers, Nikhil ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
