Re: alsa problem in etch
Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am running ech in a sony vaio pcg-v505ex notebook. The system has a
> buildin intel8x0 sound card. My problem is that alsaconf configures
> correctly the card, but the configuration doesn't survives to the boot, in
> each boot I have to run alsaconf again. I know this problem has to do with
> a bug in alsaconf, and it was already discussed in this list. But the
> proposed solution doesn't work for me. Here are the steps I am following:
>
> 1 - Before run alsaconf, I run 'lsmod | grep snd', in order to see the
> modificantion done by alsaconf later. The output is
>
> snd_intel8x0m 15980 0
> snd_intel8x0 30332 1 <--------------------------
> snd_pcm_oss 38368 1
> snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_ac97_codec 83104 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm 68676 4
> snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec
> snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm
> snd 47012 7
> snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ac97_codec
> ,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 9248 2 snd
> snd_page_alloc 9640 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> as can be seen, the module snd_intel8x0 is already loaded, but it doesn't
> work... yet...
>
> 2 - After running alsaconf I have sound. The output for 'lsmod | grep snd'
> is now
>
> snd_intel8x0 30332 0 <--------------------------
> snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 38368 0
> snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm
> snd 47012 6
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 9248 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 9640 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> the module snd_intel8x0m has disappear, and the module snd_intel8x0 is
> configured as 'Used by 0', instead 'Used by 1' as before.
>
> 3 - I added snd_intel8x0 in the \etc\modules file, although
> I think it was
> not necessary, once the module is always loaded, with or withou running
> alsaconf.
>
> In the next boot, the result form 'lsmod | grep snd' is the same as in
> step 1, the configuration from alsaconf didn't survive... the module
> snd_intel8x0 is configured as 'Used by 1', instead of 'Used by 0', which
> apparently is the correct configuration...
>
> the content of the file \etc\modprobe.d\sound is
>
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> options snd-intel8x0 index=0
>
>
> Any help will be very appreciated
>
> Marcelo
Hi Marcelo,
Have you tried running (as root) alsactl store - after having configured
alsa again with alsaconf.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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