[linux-audio-user] ALSA drivers don't stick...

[Robert Bailey]

looks like you need to move these lines from

/etc/modutils/sound

to /etc/modutils/alsa

and run update-modules

options snd  device_mode=0660
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

Bails


Erik Thorsson wrote:
> 
> I tried removing both of those modules in turn, but it didn't fix the 
> problem.  In fact, now when I run alsaconf it can't even detect my 
> soundcard.  :)
> 
> I assume there is some kind of modules database and when I moved the 
> modules out of their normal place, they were removed from this database. 
>  I just need to add them back in, right?
> 
> How do you do this on Debian?
> 
> I could just apt-get ALSA all over again, but I'd rather understand the 
> problem and how to fix it for the next time it crops up.
> 
> If anyone could assist, I'd be grateful.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -E
> 
> P.S.  Also, neither insmod nor modprobe were successful for loading the 
> kernel modules manually.
> 
> 
> paul wisehart wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had a similiar problem on my laptop ... which is running windows
>> now, so I can't give you the exact details, but try this:
>>
>>
>> THere are 2 similiar alsa drivers for snd_intel8x0
>> (I think that the other one has an "m" at the end.)
>>
>> Well the wrong one was getting loaded in my machine.
>> I just move the offending one out of the /lib/modules/<kernel-version> 
>> directory,
>> and all is well.  I actually do that each time I build a new kernel.
>>  
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:46:37AM -0500, Erik Thorsson wrote:
>>
>>> I have to run 'alsaconf' every time I boot my Debian Sarge 2.6.8-1 box
>>> to get sound to work.
>>>
>>> It detects the 'intel8x0 Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound
>>> Controller (rev a0)'.
>>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 
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