[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: 2.6, modules, and ALSA



On Tuesday 17 February 2004 11:08 pm, Peter Sebastian Masny wrote:
> Hi, I'm using kernel-image-2.6.2-1-k7.
> I have included "snd-via82xx" in my /etc/modules and run update-modules
> (modules-init-tools installed).

> Notice that sound is used by via82cxxx_audio (which is not mentioned in
> dmesg).

> to my understanding, via82cxxx_audio and ac97_codec are OSS, while
> snd_via82xx and snd_ac97_codec are ALSA.

Correct. The sound module is also part of OSS; the ALSA equivalent is snd.

> My question is, how do I force the kernel to use the ALSA drivers and
> not load the OSS ones?

It looks like your kernel image has support for both ALSA and OSS enabled, 
and both are getting loaded somehow.

Make sure that sound, via82cxxx_audio, and ac97_codec aren't also 
in /etc/modules, or in /etc/modprobe.conf or any file it includes.

Adam



Reply to: