Jared,
I submitted all this as a bug fix as per the
recommendation of a developer at alsa.
thanks for all your help,
of course if you still have some ideas on the subject
let me know,
mike
--- Jared Anderson <
plug@thegoldenedge.com> wrote:
> okay, is this a gentoo box, or slackware?
>
> Don't know if you mistyped just here, or there, or
> both, but its:
> modules-update
> which is for gentoo (don't know about slackware)
>
> if /etc/init.d/alsasound is not present, then just
> reload all the snd modules:
> lsmod #then rmmod all the snd-modules - or just
> reboot.
>
> Then try alsamixer....
>
> Someone Said:
> >jared,
> >
> >looks like man moduels-update doesn't work
> >
> >but went ahead and added the alias' you mentioned
> to
> >modules.conf anyway and tried to continue with the
> >instructions, no luck really.
> >
> >here's what i typed and the output.
> >
> >root@slackware:/etc# man modules-update
> >No manual entry for modules-update
> >root@slackware:/etc# gedit modules.conf
> >root@slackware:/etc# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
> >-bash: /etc/init.d/alsasound: No such file or
> >directory
> >root@slackware:/etc# alsamixer
> >No mixer elems found
> >
> >root@slackware:/etc#
> >----
> >
> >here is what modules.conf says now:
> >root@slackware:/etc# cat modules.conf
> >
> ># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit.
> ---
> ># --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.5 ---
> >alias char-major-116 snd
> >alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >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
> >alias snd-card-0 snd-atiixp
> >alias sound-slot-0 snd-atiixp
> >alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> >alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> >alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> ># --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
> >
> >root@slackware:/etc#
> >
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >mike h
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Jared Anderson <plug@thegoldenedge.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Try man modules-update
> >>
> >> modules-update is a back(front?)end to manage
> >> modules.conf file.
> >>
> >>
>
>===========================================================
> >> gNotebook ~ # cat /etc/modules.conf
> >> ### This file is automatically generated by
> >> modules-update
> >> #
> >> # Please do not edit this file directly. If you
> want
> >> to change or add
> >> # anything please take a look at the files in
> >> /etc/modules.d and read
> >> # the manpage for modules-update.
> >> #
> >> ### modules-update: start processing
> >> /etc/modules.d/aliases
> >> # Aliases to tell insmod/modprobe which modules
> to
> >> use
> >> blah blah blah
> >>
>
>============================================================
> >>
> >>
> >> You can directly edit the modules.conf file, but
> you
> >> may lose settings later. Grep for or add the
> >> following to your modules.conf file:
> >>
>
>============================================================
> >> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> >> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> >> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> >>
>
>============================================================
> >> Then:
> >> $ /etc/init.d/alsasound restart ###this basically
> >> will unload/reload the snd modules....
> >> $ alsamixer #anyluck?
> >>
> >>
> >> Someone Said:
> >> >jared,
> >> >
> >> >i can't find a directory in /etc named modules.d
> >> >i have files in /etc with the name module*
> >> >
> >> >for example one called modules.conf here is
> what's
> >> >inside of it
> >> >
> >> ># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit.
> >> ---
> >> ># --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.5 ---
> >> >alias char-major-116 snd
> >> >alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >> >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
> >> >alias snd-card-0 snd-atiixp
> >> >alias sound-slot-0 snd-atiixp
> >> ># --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit.
> ---
> >> >
> >> >when i run alsamixer i get :
> >> >
> >> >no mixer elems found.
> >> >
> >> >i didn't go past the instructions for modules.d
> >> >because those instructions were dependent on
> there
> >> >being a modules.d directory in /etc/
> >> >
> >> >mike h
> >> >
> >> >--- Jared Anderson <plug@thegoldenedge.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I haven't used the 2.4 kernels for a while, so
> >> I'm
> >> >> rusty.
> >> >>
> >> >> $ cd /etc/modules.d
> >> >> # you should have a file 'alsa' located in
> this
> >> >> directory
> >> >>
> >> >> $ cat alsa
> >> >>
> >> >> Mine:
> >> >>
> >>
>
>>===============================================================
> >> >> #BLAH BLAH BLAH
> >> >> #BLAH BLAH BLAH
> >> >>
> >> >> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> >> >> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> >> >> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> >> >>
> >> >> # Set this to the correct number of cards.
> >> >> # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not
> edit.
> >> ---
> >> >> # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.6 ---
> >> >> options snd device_mode=0666
> >> >> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> >> >> alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
> >> >> # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit.
> >> ---
> >> >>
> >>
>
>>================================================================
> >> >>
> >> >> Yours?:
> >> >>
> >>
>
>>================================================================
> >> >> #BLAH BLAH
> >> >>
> >> >> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> >> >> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> >> >> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> >> >>
> >> >> options snd device_mode=0666
>
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