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From: Andrew Aylett <glx@×××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmasking latest ALSA modules
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 07:22:39
Message-Id: ynv9bsbueqd4.fsf@tweed.dcs.ed.ac.uk
1 Gert Menke <gert@××××××××.net> writes:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > I have not followed this thread, but what about
6 > "post-install snd-card-0 modprobe snd-mixer-oss ; modprobe snd-pcm-oss"
7 > in /etc/modules.d/alsa?
8
9 I use
10
11 alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
12 alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
13
14 in /etc/modules.d/alsa
15
16 If you use /dev/sound/* then add the requesite lines as well, and make
17 sure that you have the module auto-loading feature switched on (as it
18 is by default) in /etc/devfsd.conf.
19
20 This is, IMO, a very nice feature of devfs -- If you need a module
21 loaded for a device, then you can alias that device to the module required.
22
23 The lines above work for both versions of ALSA, the only caveat being
24 that the oss compatability modules don't autoload any sound card
25 modules, but you should have the sound modules loaded already in order
26 to get the sound volume unmuted.
27
28 OK,
29 --
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