Re: Tracking the sound problem.
- From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:16:09 +0100
On Sunday 10 February 2008 06:58, Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2008-02-09 at 18:18 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
Why any sane kernel startup sequence would initialize any
removable devices before any fixed devices is a separate
question :-).
I can imagine one reason: The thought that an "added on" device might
be to replace a built-in device that you can't remove.
However, if I'm asked to configure what is my default sound card (as
during the first-boot sequence), I expect that default to stay no matter
what else is added.
Hi Tim. The way I've always understood this, regarding USB devices that use
snd-usb-audio, is that because the USB comes up early in the boot process,
anything that resembles an audio device (like my usb midi keyboard), gets set
as card0. If your actual soundcard is aliased as card0, with the options line
showing "index=0", it is unlikely to show up in /proc/asound/cards, as
snd-usb-audio has already grabbed card0. Saying that though, you will
probably still see that the modules have been loaded for your actual
soundcard in /sbin/lsmod | grep snd, but because the soundcard isn't
in /proc/asound/cards, it won't work.
The fix I've had to use since FC1, and on other distro's too, is to set alias,
and options lines in /etc/modprobe.conf for snd-usb-audio, as below.
alias eth0 8139too
alias scsi_hostadapter libata
alias scsi_hostadapter1 pata_via
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-emu10k1 index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
options snd-usb-audio index=1
options snd-bt87x index=2
options bttv automute=0
options tuner port2=0 pal=I
install pcspkr /bin/true
The module snd-bt87x above, is another notorious one, along with some modem
modules, that like to grab card0, before anything else can. It's the sound
capture module for my TV card, and some distro's have default options lines
for these problematic modules, and set them as "index=2", thus stopping them
grabbing card0.
If you have more than one audio device on the USB, it get's a little more
complex, and you have to specify them by their PID's (product id's), and
VID's (vendor id's). So for example you could have your webcam, and usb midi
keyboard always taking the same position. I'll have to look for the exact
details on this, as they were on the alsa-user list.
Just some Sunday afternoon (Northern France) passing the time stuff.
Nigel.
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