[linux-audio-user] Re: Alsa fails at boot, but not after manual alsaconf

[robin]

Bernhard Kleine wrote:
> Am Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:32:26 +0100 schrieb Christoph Eckert:
> 
>>> What do I have to do to make sound start correctly at boottime?
>> * Ensure alsasound has been added to your runlevel
>> * Ensure your modules.conf is properly built
>>
> 
> Where does alsasound come from, it is not a package, nor a kernel-module. 
> 
> Version von alsa-base
> alsa-base:
>   Installiert:1.0.10-3
>   Mögliche Pakete:1.0.10-3
>   Versions-Tabelle:
>  *** 1.0.10-3 0
>         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>  
> 
> Version von alsa-utils
> alsa-utils:
>   Installiert:1.0.10-1
>   Mögliche Pakete:1.0.10-1
>   Versions-Tabelle:
>  *** 1.0.10-1 0
>         500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> Kernel is 2.6.16-rc2 mit sound in modular form.
> 
> snd_intel8x0           34844  0
> snd_ac97_codec         98208  1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus            2560  1 snd_ac97_codec
> i2c_sis96x              6788  0
> usb_storage            36356  0
> ub                     23968  0
> sn9c102                95244  0
> videodev                9600  1 sn9c102
> v4l2_common             8064  1 sn9c102
> snd_usb_audio          84544  2
> snd_pcm_oss            62496  0
> snd_mixer_oss          20224  2 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm               100744  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              26500  1 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc         11912  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> snd_usb_lib            18176  1 snd_usb_audio
> snd_rawmidi            27168  1 snd_usb_lib
> snd_seq_device          9484  1 snd_rawmidi
> snd_hwdep              10628  1 snd_usb_audio
> snd                    60516  13 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_usb_audio,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep
> soundcore              10208  2 snd
> ohci_hcd               20996  0
> usbcore               134020  8 ehci_hcd,usb_storage,ub,sn9c102,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,ohci_hcd
> 
> 
> The only error I can notice in dmesg is
> 
> ALSA sound/core/init.c:132: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0)
> 
> There is another strange think I noticed. Could someone please explain to
> me:
> 
> aus /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:
> install snd-intel8x0 modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 \
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-intel8x0
> 
> there is another file .alsa-base in the same directory where this line
> reads:
> 
> install snd-intel8x0 modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 \
> && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-intel8x0
> 
> which is the correct one? should the other file be removed?
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Bernhard Kleine
> 
> 
> 

I think alsasound = alsa (/etc/init.d/alsa)
In my setup there is only a /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and not 
.alsa-base. The line with $CMDLINE_OPTS is the one I have.
Moving .alsa-base out of the way might be worth trying.

My setup is Demudi, a Debian CDD.

robin