Thomas Dodd said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Jay Daniels wrote: > | Randy Kelsoe said: > | > |>Jay Daniels wrote: > |>>--------------------- ModProbe Begin ------------------------ > |>> > |>>Can't locate these modules: > |>> sound-service-1-0: 3 Time(s) > |>> sound-slot-1: 3 Time(s) > |>alias sound-service-1-0 off > |>alias sound-slot-1 off > | > | Thanks Randy! I never understood any of this module/alias stuff in > Linux > | or why you had to alias modules. > > The aliases for modules simplify things like startup scripts. > Example, eth0 is an alias for your NIC. The script the configures > networking just does 'modprobe eth0', and the alias causes the correct > driver to load. If you change cards later, you only have to change the > alias, and every thing works. > > Sound-service and such are similar. sound-slot-0 is the first sound > card, sound-slot-1 is the second card. The sound-service-X-Y entries are > for things like mixer, pcm, midi. X is the card number like in the > sound-slot-X line. Y is the service number. > > Did you have 2 cards at some point? > > -Thomas No, but... Question: since the pci soundcard is 4 channel, is linux seeing it as 2 soundcards? The error was with alias sound-slot-1 (according to above, soundcard 2). Currently, I have only 2 speakers connected to one port. The back (other 2 channels) is not connected. In other words, this card has 2 output jacks, front 2 speackers and back 2 speakers. I guess it's made to run 4 speakers, 2 front and 2 back for a total of 2 channels per jack, 2 jacks makes 4 channels. Simple explanation: is linux seeing this card as two soundcards? If so, how is Linux detecting that I have no speakers connect to the other output jack? Could this cause the sound-slot-1 errors? jay -- Sometimes I feel like a rat in a cage... -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
