Re: Alsa needs reconfiguration after every reboot

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

On Fri,  5 Jan 2007 17:19:55 +0100 (CET)
Ferry Toth <ftoth@tiscali.nl> wrote:

> 
> I have the same problem (Debian Etch 2.6.18).
> 
> I have traced it back to /etc/init.d/alsa-utils not being called.
> See: /etc/alsa/modprobe-post-install.d/alsa-utils
> 
> In my confiration ALSA should be configured from UDEV. But since the
> snd_maestro3 module is already loaded alsa-utils is not called and
> the sound volume is low is can hardly be heard.
> 
> After running alsa-utils manually the volume is fine.
> 
> (discover runs before alsa and says snd_maestro3 already loaded).
> 
> The trick seems to be to prevent the sound modules from being loaded
> at boot, and have udev handle everything.
> 
> But how do I prevent modules from being loaded?
> 
> I must admit I have no idea what causes these modules to be loaded in
> the first place. They are not in /etc/modules...
> 
> Ferry

Do you have alsa-base installed?

Regards,
Andrei
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