On Tuesday 04 July 2006 15:05, Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings: > > I'm preparing a final draft of an article re: ALSA and I started > wondering about whatever happened to modules.conf. In my old RH9 (2.4 > kernel) I was able to freely manipulate the ALSA modules (designate for > loading, reorder, set alias, etc) via /etc/modules.conf. Things have > changed a lot in 2.6.x, and /etc/modules.conf is apparently not to be > edited in Ye Olden Way. Is there a similar single file in the 2.6 file > system ? If so, where is it ? On my Debian Etch system I have this file : > > /etc/modprobe.d/sound > > It looks like the file to change a la the old-time modules.conf, but my > entries have no effect. Is there another file located elsewhere that I > should be editing ? Here's my /etc/modprobe.d/sound : > > alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 > options snd-ice1712 index=0 > alias snd-card-1 snd-emu10k1 > options snd-emu10k1 index=1 > alias snd-card-2 snd-virmidi > options snd-virmidi index=2 Hi Dave. On FC1 using the 2.4 kernel the file was /etc/modudes.conf, and if for example you have a usb midi keyboard, you have to create an alias for snd-usb-audio, and create 2 options lines, so as to load the sound card first, and snd-usb-audio second. This is due to the USB starting early in the boot process, and Alsa wrongly seeing the usb midi keyboard using snd-usb-audio as a soundcard, and loading it as card 0 if you don't set the options. FC2 and later using the 2.6 kernel use /etc/modprobe.conf, and for FC2 the as above applies regarding setting options lines if you are using a usb midi keyboard. FC3, 4, and 5 have fixed the problem regarding the usb midi keyboard, when I booted these post install the sound card worked, and the usb midi keyboard was also ok. I'm in FC2 at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that snd-usb-audio doesn't even show up in /etc/modprobe.conf, just the sound card (Ihave only the 1). In Debian Sarge, and Etch, I've always added snd-usb-audio, and the 2 options lines to /etc/modutils/sound , which updates, (and I think I've got the filename right) /etc/modprobe.conf, which specifically tells you not to make changes in it, as anything in /etc/modutils will overwrite /etc/modprobe.conf. I've also seen folks saying to use /etc/modprobe.d/sound, which obviously works. Perhaps it doesn't matter, and you can use either method. Sorry I can't help with the other ???'s, but the multipurpose Alsa control panel sounds a nice idea. Nigel. > > Also, what's the status of a user-friendly ALSA control and operations > panel that might address such matters as ordering multiple soundcards, > write/edit .asoundrc, start/stop ALSA services, etc. ? Is the ALSA > development group pursuing anything like that ? > > Best, > > dp
