[linux-audio-user] /etc/init.d/alsasound start doesn't load modules

Eric Dantan Rzewnicki eric at zhevny.com
Wed Dec 25 23:22:00 EST 2002


doh.

Ahh, yes. you're right I was confusing the module options with the
module name with regard to the "snd" going away. Silly me.

Thank you very much. I knew it had to be something simple.

Sorry about that. 8)

Thanks again,
Eric Rz.

Paul wrote:
> 
> Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> 
> > Any other ideas about why alsasound might not be working?
> 
> Ok, try inserting the module names into /etc/modules, each on a
> separate line as in:
> 
> snd-ymfpci
> snd-pcm-oss
> snd-mixer-oss
> snd-seq-oss
> 
> When you reboot, the system will then load these modules.
> 
> > I think the docs need to be updated to take out the "snd" prefix. Am I
> > right about that? there's a note to that affect further down on that
> > page.
> 
> That's the "snd_"  (note the underscore, not dash) prefix. I think you
> should be using "snd-ymfpci" for your module name.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul.
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