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Re: alsa and devfs

To: Tobias Edler <tobias.edler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: alsa and devfs
From: Jeremy Brown <mee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:48:19 -0800
Cc: devfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Rafa? Bursig <bursig@xxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <3C049615.6010103@stud.uni-goettingen.de>; from tobias.edler@stud.uni-goettingen.de on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:45:25AM +0100
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 08:45:25AM +0100, Tobias Edler wrote:
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> The problem ist that the OSS-style devices are not created at all. 
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First off, try the following sequence:

1. Run "alsamixer," and turn up the levels that seem useful to you. I
   set mine at around 80-90%.

2. Run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound restart" to save your changes. You
   don't have to do this explicitly, but I like to, in case I don't
   shut down properly.

3. Run one of the cute GUI mixers, like gmix or kmix, and turn up the
   levels again. I have no idea why this is necessary, but it is on my
   machines.

Step 3 will need to be done with every boot.

Now, if that didn't work, make sure you're giving modules.conf enough
clues. I include a file I call "modules.alsa," and it contains the
following (for my little Intel sound chip):

# ALSA setup
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-intel8x0

# OSS portion of ALSA setup
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
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 /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/sequencer snd-seq-oss

Then do steps 1 through 3. Hope this helps!

Jeremy Brown
SGI

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