[linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!

[Jan "Evil Twin" Depner]

This sounds vaguely familiar.  I'm running RH but since Mandrake was
originally a RH clone it might be the same thing.  I would build and
install ALSA and everything would work fine until the reboot.  If you
look at the directions for installing ALSA the last thing you do is a
modprobe snd-WHATEVER.  This loads the driver.  When you reboot it
doesn't seem to get loaded from just what's in modules.conf.  What I do
is add the modprobe line to one of the startup scripts in
/etc/rc.d/init.d.  If you don't have one of your own that you're running
then the easy way is to add your modprobe line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. 
You can check to see if this is your problem by doing a modprobe
snd-WHATEVER.  If your sound cranks back up again that's what it is.

Jan Depner


On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:12, iriXx wrote:
> hi all.....
> 
> well im afraid its not quite as simple as i thought.... got errors this 
> morning same as usual when loading the usb-audio modules.
> not really sure what would have caused this except that i've 
> rebooted.... maybe i havent cleaned out the existing alsa stuff from 
> mandrake enough?....
> this is very confusing... last night everything worked fine....
> i'll try all the steps i went through last night.... but im quite 
> puzzled.... again here is my modules.conf.... i might need some help on 
> this as mandrake 9.0 runs devfs.....
> 
> thanx
> m
> 
> # ALSA portion
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
> 
> # OSS/Free portion
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> 
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> 
> # DEVFS STUFF
> alias   /dev/sound      sound-slot-0
> alias   /dev/audio      /dev/sound
> alias   /dev/mixer      /dev/sound
> alias   /dev/dsp        /dev/sound
> alias   /dev/dspW       /dev/sound
> alias   /dev/midi       /dev/sound
> 
> 
> > I'm really not sure of the best place to put this, but
> > the wiki sounds like a good start.  I'm sure alsa-user
> > would appreciated it.  Also, I myself need an ALSA
> > setup tutorial/troubleshoot for my own Mandrake site
> > (it's still the one problem I get questions about),
> > but I certainly don't want to draw you into a job you
> > don't want ;->  The page is at:
> > 
> > http:www/esm.rochester.edu/kevine/turnkey/
> > 
> > You might also consider adding this to the Mandrake
> > User Board, though it is quite a state of flux these
> > days, and down entirely today.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
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