[Sound] Re: ESS1869 sound - how to load sb in modules.conf

["Charles Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Bill:

OK on the alias functionality.

Here's a real description of my system and what it is/is not doing :

Modules.conf :

	alias sound-slot-0 = sb
	post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix etc.
	pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix etc

After boot-up lsmod does not show sb as being loaded.

I then start CDPlayer and it thinks all is well and plays the CD, but no
audio is outputted from the ESS1869 sound card.

At this point, a new lsmod shows that sb is still not loaded.

If I then do a modprobe sb, the sound appears immediately.

Another lsmod shows me that 4 new modules are now present: sb, sb_lib,
uart401, sound, and soundcore.



What can I do?

Thanks for the help so far.


Chuck

Charles Hutton (charlesh3@xxxxxxx) said:
> Earlier this week I got my ESS1869 running manually by running a modprobe
> sb. I'm trying to get it running automatically as a loadable kernel module
> by adding a line to modules.conf.

alias sound-slot-0 sb

> Something else I don't understand is whether "alias xxxxxx yy" (in this
case
> (alias sound-card-slot0 sb) actually loads any drivers.

No. It only means that when the kernel requests a specific device
or functionality that that module will be loaded.

Bill