I'm evaluating a new Debian-derivative distro called Ubuntu and have a few questions related to getting it working right on my hardware. I'll start with a simple modprobe question and later pose some more complex questions about LVM/webmin and console resolution. So, the question about modprobe and a sound module.
For whatever reason, Ubuntu seems not to have detected and set up the sound hardware on this system. It's an onboard Crystal Semiconductor 4236 chipset, and a bit of research on the web revealed that there are, in fact, Linux modules for that chipset. So, I went into Ubuntu and from a console issued "sudo modprobe snd-cs4236": no error messages ensued. Attempting to play CD's subsequently succeeded, so the right module(s) were loaded. Running "lsmod" revealed that several sound modules got loaded along with snd-cs4236: I didn't see them there on previous lsmods. So, now my question is how to get this modprobing automated. I know it will vary somewhat by distro, and Ubunut may not do everything the canonical Debian way. But it does have an /etc/modules file with module entries very similar to those I see on my other Debian system, so it seems this is one way to do it. But isn't this file for loading discreet modules? In standard Debian, can one insert a modprobe line in there, or are only module names allowed? Suggestions for automating this modprobing at boot time? Or should I perhaps plan on entering the names of each module that modprobe loads in that file? I looked a bit through the Ubunut administrative tools (uses Gnome interface) but nothing jumped out at me for accomplishing this. I also installed webmin, so I looked there but also found nothing relevant on a cursory examination. Input appreciated. Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
