Re: How to restart alsa?

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Nigel Henry writes:
> On Monday 07 August 2006 17:17, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Nigel Henry writes:
> > > 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?
> >
> > snip snip ...
> >
> > > 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,
> >
> > Precisely why you have the alsasound service. You're using the CCRMA
> > kernel, and therefore also the CCRMA alsa-utils, most likely.
> 
> I've used planetccrma since not long after I'd got into computing with FC1. 
> Couldn't get the sound working until I found planetccrma by accident, but I'm 
> very gratefull that I came across the site, and all the audio apps. Being 
> able to stop and start Alsa has been quite usefull, as you get error messages 
> if there is a problem with stopping or starting it.  I'd had problems on FC1, 
> and 2 with the USB midi keyboard being detected as card 0, and consequently 
> the soundcard as card 1 was producing no sound, but since FC3 that problem 
> has been resolved. OOTB, FC3,4, and 5 have set the cards in the correct 
> order. The actual soundcard as card 0, and the USB midi keyboard is ignored. 
> a /etc/modprobe.conf only shows the actual soundcard, and not the USB midi 
> keyboard, so this is obviously being handled automagically somehow, because 
> the keyboard works.
> >
> > In their infinite wisdom, Fedora appears to believe that sound is not a
> > service, or not something that might require restarts without a reboot.
> > I find that strange thinking, but they don't ask me. Clearly, CRMA also
> > believes that sound might require a restart--but that expertise has also
> > not impressed the Fedora decision makers.
> >
> > You need a copy of the alsasound script from the CCRMA packages. Just
> > plop it into /etc/init.d and you'll be good to go with the traditional:
> >
> > service alsasound start/restart/stop
> 
> I'll try that. I have one FC5 install with planetccrma, and the other FC5 
> without. I'll borrow the alsasound script from the planetccrma one.
> 
> It is usefull to be able to stop and start Alsa. I have seen quite a few folks 
> having problems with the snd-hda-intel driver on laptops. Apparently there 
> are variations in the soundcard chip on some laptops causing the 
> snd-hda-intel driver not to work, and being able to stop and start Alsa is 
> easier than having to reboot to restart Alsa, after you have tried something 
> new to get the soundcard working.
> > Janina
> 
> Thanks for that.
> 
> Nigel.


You're very welcome. I don't have a single machine that I haven't copied
my CCRMA alsasound script to /etc/init.d -- even though I don't
generally run CCRMA kernels for other reasons.

Janina

Actively yanking this alsa provided script from the Fedora rpm boggles my mind. 
> 
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