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Re: alsa problem in etch



On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 19:37 +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> 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
> 

Hi Jonathan,
thank you for your answer. I ran 'sudo alsactl store' now, but the
problem continues... the reboot erases the configuration of the module
and I lost sound

Regards

Marcelo


> 
-- 
Marcelo Chiapparini
marcelo.chiappa@gmail.com



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