Hello, Upon some checking, I found that the /etc/modules file contained snd. I removed that from the file and the Udev loading apparently did the rest. I get working alsa support now. Thanks, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:02 PM Subject: Re: Debian Alsa > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 06:45:43PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote: >> I can't believe that Debian doesn't load Alsa modules >> automatically! Even Slackware does that. > > Provided you have udev installed, debian does in fact load necessary > sound modules for your hardware when it gets detected, that's been my > experience at least. The only exception I've seen to that so far is on > a very old laptop, with an isa, non-pnp sound system. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGZgel7s9z/XlyUyARArtjAKDaIlXPDorLgef8xEgN1qEL++NyIgCfQQ+2 > WRKvSXOrp/fgTBr/UYy7OQ4= > =y2y3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >