On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 03:36:48PM -0800, George Georgalis wrote:
> It sounds like the module is being automatically unloaded to save ram? I
> don't like modules. If that's the problem you could recompile the kernel
> with sound not as a module (it's not too hard to do, just download
> 2.2.2, extract, and read the README). Or, create a cron job that plays a
> bit of silence or something every so often to keep the module active...
> there's got to be an easier way. I think there was a comment about this
> some time ago...
Autoloaded modules get unloaded when they are not in use - that's just
how Linux works. However, if you load the module manually then it will
not get unloaded.
Try inserting the command "modprobe sound" in rc.local or in init.d/sound
(just below "Starting sound configuration").
imc
