At 8:10 PM +0200 8/5/06, Nigel Henry wrote: >On Saturday 05 August 2006 18:55, Tony Nelson wrote: >> At 6:23 PM +0200 8/5/06, Nigel Henry wrote: >> >On Saturday 05 August 2006 17:46, Paul Smith wrote: >> >> On 8/5/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > > How can one restart alsa? >> >> > > >> >> > > I have already tried: >> >> > > >> >> > > # /sbin/service alsasound restart >> >> > > alsasound: unrecognized service >> >> > > # >> >> > >> >> > Hi Paul. I've always used the following on FC, su'ed to root. >> >> > >> >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop >> >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start >> >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound restart >> >> >> >> Thanks, Nigel, but I get >> >> >> >> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound restart >> >> bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound: No such file or directory >> >> # >> >> >> >> Paul >> > >> >That's odd. I've just been into FC5, presuming that's what your using, to >> >check it out, and alsasound is there. I am using a kernel from >> > planetccrma, along with Alsa stuff, and sound apps from them, but Alsa, >> > when I installed FC5 worked just fine OOTB with my Ensoniq card. >> >> FWIW, I'm also using FC5, but "locate alsasound" finds no files and "yum >> provides alsasound" with the usual repos finds no matches. There are no >> modules with alsa in the name. Yet sound works here, VIA chipset, AC'97 >> audio. >Hi Tony. Thats interesting. I've just booted up the other FC5 which doesn't >have the planetccrma kernel, and the associated kernel-modules-alsa package >on it, and your quite right. No /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound. There is >an /etc/alsa directory with and alsa.conf file, a cards directory, and a PCM >directory, with another few bits, and cat /proc/asound/cards, >cat /proc/asound/version, and /sbin/lsmod show that Alsa is installed ok. > >It must be that installing the planetccrma kernel, and associated >kernel-modules-alsa package, that has created the alsasound file. > >So the question remains. How, if you are using Fedora kernels, do you start >and stop Alsa? Is ainit the thing? (man 8 ainit, from apropos alsa) >I must admit that I only had a quick look in the non planetccrma FC5, and >perhaps there is a script somewhere that allows you to stop and start Alsa. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
