alsa from 2.4 to 2.6: a couple of questions

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Cheryl:

The best I can do for you is to share my /etc/modprobe.conf. This will, I think, be somewhat different on different distros, but the basic ideas will be the same. So, here's one of my modprobe files:


include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
alias scsi_hostadapter sym53c8xx
alias eth0 3c59x
alias eth1 3c59x
#sound configurations ALSA
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 index=0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 

Cheryl Homiak writes:
> Ok, first I got alsa to work in kernel 2.4.25. I figured by doing that I
> eliminated trying to figure out extra problems that might have to do with
> the 2.6 kernel before I had alsa at least established as working on my
> system.
> But now i'm not sure what to do with 2.6. I am doing alsa as modules,
> though I have sound enabled in the kernel, not as a module. I recompiled
> the driver for 2.6; didn't know if i also had to redo the libs and/or
> utils. I can now load the modules manually and alsa works fine in 2.6.5,
> but i can't figure out how to get it into modprobe.conf. Using
> update-modules doesn't apparently add in the modutils/alsa file as in 2.4.
> I do have a /etc/modprobe.conf, which primarily has a line to include
> /lib/modules/modprobe.conf. Can somebody clarify these two issues for me:
> getting it to come up at boot in 2.6.5 (debian unstable) and whether or
> not I have to recompile and install the utils and libs--though everything
> seems to e working once I load manually.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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