addendum to the sound config problem: I upgraded the kernel through rhn and did a reboot. The sound stopped working again! That damn audio module gets loaded first and clobbers the es1371! Here's the fix: Use the below statement for modules.conf to ensure es1371 gets loaded first: below audio es1371 here's my full modules.conf listing: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx alias eth0 natsemi alias sound-slot-0 es1371 alias usb-controller usb-uhci below usb-controller audio videodev pwc below audio es1371 alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 pwc options pwc size=vga leds=500,500 fps=30 mbufs=3 compression=0 power_save=1 post-install pwc /sbin/insmod --force -k /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/usb/pwcx-gcc32.o >/dev/null 2>&1 || : post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : t. On viewing this I probably should have used: below audio sound-slot-0 On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 22:37, Thomas Robinson wrote: > got it! I unplugged my web cam and reconfigured sound with sndconfig. No > problems. I plugged the web cam back in and it's still fine. There was > an 'alias sound-slot-1 audio' in /etc/modules.conf which was messing > things up. > > sndconfig removed the sound-slot-1 alias from /etc/modules.conf > > ---8<--- > alias sound-slot-1 audio > post-install sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L > >/dev/null 2>&1 || : > pre-remove sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S > >/dev/null 2>&1 || : > ---8<--- > > What really confused me was that kudzu wanted to remove my soundcard > configuration in the first place! > > thnx > > On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 19:02, joe wrote: > > Thomas Robinson wrote: > > > > > BTW here's what dmesg says: > > > > > > es1371: version v0.32 time 18:00:00 Mar 13 2003 > > > es1371: found chip, vendor id 0x1274 device id 0x1371 revision 0x06 > > > es1371: found es1371 rev 6 at io 0xef00 irq 5 > > > es1371: features: joystick 0x0 > > > ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23) > > > usbaudio: dma timed out?? > > > es1371: unloading > > > usbaudio: dma timed out?? > > > > > Sounds like the usb audio module is interfering. > > > > Try "rmmod audio", then unoad/reload es1371 - > > > > Joe > He's just like Capistrano, always ready for a few swallows. -- A kiss is a course of procedure, cunningly devised, for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.
