[SLE] Autoloading of sound modules

From: Paul W. Abrahams (abrahams_at_acm.org)
Date: 11/07/05

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    On Sunday 06 November 2005 9:31 pm, Sid Boyce wrote:
    > If there is a problem, it's usually associated
    > with support of one piece of hardware, e.g sound. There are scripts in
    > /etc/init.d that allow stopping, starting or restarting,
    > "/etc/init.d/alsasound <stop/start/restart>" or "rcalsasound
    > <stop/start/restart>" does the same thing as /sbin/rcalsasound which is
    > a symlink to /etc/init.d/alsasound. The modules are unloaded on stop,
    > unloaded and reloaded on restart or if they are not loaded, start loads
    > them.

    In fact I do have a problem with loading the sound problems -- or even with
    using Yast to configure the soundcard. Yast indicates the following sound
    cards (under Hardware/Sound):

    Number Card Model
                             SIS S17012
    Not configured Sound Controller

    If I try to edit the first card, Yast simply returns me to the main screen.
    If I try to delete it, nothing happens. If I try to edit the second card, I
    get an error.

    So how can I set Yast on the path to goodness and righteousness? And after
    I've done that, how can I force autoloading of the necessary modules?

    More generally, if a module isn't getting loaded on startup, how should I
    specify that it should be loaded? I could always insert explicit modprobe
    commands into a startup file, but that seems to me to be a dirty way of
    solving the problem. Somewhere there ought to be a list of modules that I
    could add to.

    And by the way, I've done alsaconf many times. It seems to work.

    Paul

    > Regards
    > Sid.
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