Re: [linux-audio-user] CD audio

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] CD audio
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 10:36:02 EEST

Paul Winkler wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 11:30:02PM -0700, Joseph Zitt wrote:
>
>>Ah, OK. Since the Wiki said:
>>
>>| Most modern distros come with soundcore compiled as a module. You can
>>| check this in numerous ways. The easiest way is to type.
>>|
>>| modprobe -n soundcore
>>|
>>| If this command returns that you have this module, then you don't need
>>| to recompile your kernel.
>>
>>I expected the command to return some output telling me that it was
>>there. It might be worth tweaking the Wiki to explain this.
>
>
> Oops. I didn't spot the option... reading the man page,
> modprobe -n "Don't actually perform the action, just show what
> would be done."
>
> This is misleading because it doesn't need to do anything if
> the module is already loaded, so it won't tell you anything...
>
> I prefer lsmod | grep soundcore
>

changed.

>
>>lsmod shows that it's there, and it's already appearing as enabled when
>>I check via a "make xconfig". Do I understand that I don't have to
>>change anything re: the kernel?
>
>
> Sounds like you're OK there.
>
>
>>I've now done the configure, make, and make install for the alsa driver,
>>lib, utils, and tools. The Wiki next says to do the line
>>
>>modprobe snd-via8233;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe \
>>snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
>>
>>but also mentions the alsa-driver-xxx/utils/alsasound script for RedHat
>>systems (I'm running RedHat 7.3). Should I do one or the other? Both?
>
>
> One or the other.
>
>
>>To get the modules to load whenever I boot, should I copy the line or
>>the file somewhere?
>
>
> Use the alsasound script. Put it in /etc/rc.d/init.d (or whatever
> your distro calls it), and put the appropriate links in the
> /etc/rcN.d directories, where N corresponds to the appropriate
> runlevels. I'm not going to explain the init script system to
> you... you'll have to RTFM for more info. I learned it
> from "Running Linux" 2nd edition, so I can recommend that.
>

Test it first by modprobing the card and playing with it before you
install the alsasound script. 

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