Re: sndconfig problems: sound only works until reboot
Joris Huizer wrote:
Hello everybody,
I don't know wether this is important so to be sure I
send this.
In an old email I found somebody suggesting lspci;
Here is the output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C701 [FireStar Plus]
(rev 32)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: OPTi Inc. 82C700 (rev 31)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev
01)
00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1131 (rev
01)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic
Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
00:13.0 USB Controller: OPTi Inc. 82C861 (rev 10)
00:14.0 IDE interface: OPTi Inc. 82C825 [Firebridge 2]
(rev 30)
Now, I thind this output a bit confusing: Not a word
about ESS 1869, so does this mean this laptop doesn't
have that card?? I saw at a few pages this card is
normally used on Compaq Pressario 1245 - but why isn't
it showing up?? Or is it named differently somehow?
Can this output help anyone help me what the sndconfig
does to make sound work - temporarily :-( ?
It tells me that the sound chip ISN'T hooked directly to the PCI bus.
It is probably sitting off the ISA bus, and probably ISN'T Plug & Play.
More helpful to me is your origianl post saying you got it working with
the SoundBlaster drivers via Sndconfig, but the settings disappear when
you re-boot. I suspect what is happening is the proper modules &
settings are being inserted into memory via modprobe, but the file
changes needed to re-load these modules on the next re-boot are NOT
being made.
I have not used Sndconfig here recently, but as I recall it first
tested the system with the requested modules & settings, THEN wrote the
proper changes to /etc/modutils/sndconfig file if they worked. I am not
sure what it did after that, but once this file is written, it "should"
have run "update-modules" to re-write the /etc/modules.conf file with
the new settings. This is the file that is read at every bootup to
insert the desired modules. You shouldn't edit the /etc/modules.conf
file directly, but let it be re-written by "update-modules".
I suggest you take a look and see if the "/etc/modutils/sndconfig" file
is present on your system. It "should" be there as a result of your
previous incantation of Sndconfig. If it is there, just run the command
"update-modules" as root, and try a re-boot. That should make it work.
If it isn't there, you should re-run sndconfig and make sure you
"save" the changes. Check /etc/modutils/sndconfig to make sure it is
there and jump into the above routine.
Finally, it is possible that Sndconfig is not doing what it is supposed
to do. It could be "broken" (have you checked the buglists?) or
something else is interfering with it. I noticed in previous posts that
you had experimented with ALSA. ALSA will work, but I have found it to
be a bit more difficult to setup. IF you have any ALSA stuff still on
your system, it could easily be interfering with the OSS sound setup
used by sndconfig. I would suggest sticking with one or the other. IF
you want to use sndconfig, remove all the ALSA packages. IF sndconfig
isn't writing the file mentioned above, you could always try inserting
the needed modules with the "modconf" program. Once you know which ones
are needed, then using modconf will insure they get inserted properly
and will be re-loaded upon the next reboot.
BTW, this is just an "educated guess". I don't have that particular
sound chipset here...
BTW, I put a question on a forum but after one
response (and my answer) they got silent - is this an
unusual problem or something ?
I went to the Debian-User Archives and searched on your name in order to
review the original post on this subject. I notice you have over 30
posts to Debian-User on a variety of subjects... most with LOTS of
answers! I think you should be able to answer your question with a
little thinking. People DO help... when they think they have something
to contribute... I suspect not too many people have run into your
particular "problem" on this one. Personally, I feel a bit
uncomfortable "guessing" at a solution to your problem since I don't
have your equipment here, but I thought I would add the above
"generalities" for whatever they are worth. If you think about it,
lists like this one NEVER solved a "problem"... all they do is point
you in the proper direction for YOU to solve it! After all you are the
one at the keyboard and with the hardware...
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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