Re: [gentoo-user] alsaconf not setting oss emulation

[Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>]

On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 02:30 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > alsaconf from alsa-utils-1.09a is setting up the
> > barest /etc/modules.d/alsa file:
> >
> > nick@sf /etc/modules.d $ cat alsa
> > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
> > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a ---
> > options snd  device_mode=0666
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
> > alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx
> > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
> >
> >
> > As a result the oss emulation modules are not loaded:
> >
> > nick@sf /etc/modules.d $ lsmod|grep snd
> > snd_seq                55312  0
> > snd_via82xx            28064  0
> > snd_ac97_codec         77432  1 snd_via82xx
> > snd_pcm                95496  2 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
> > snd_timer              26372  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> > snd_page_alloc         10116  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> > snd_mpu401_uart         8320  1 snd_via82xx
> > snd_rawmidi            25888  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > snd_seq_device          8972  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> > snd                    58212  8
> > snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mp
> >u401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> >
> >
> > This behaviour seems to have changed with alsa-utils 1.09a
> > which seems to have run alsaconf when it was emerged, even
> > though I didn't ask it to.
> >
> > Can anyone explain this annoyance?

see my "SOLVED" message, it is a new config option.

> 
> alsaconf is a very useful but old script.
> 

although it may be old that doesn't mean it is not being developed. The
version in alsa-utils-1.09a is different to the version in 1.08

> I don't know if the behaviour has changed, but I guess that 
> noone has changed alsaconf itself.
> 
> I have the following lines in my modules file:
> 
> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> 


you shouldn't need them anymore it seems.

> AFAIK it is necessary to have OSS emulation enabled in the 
> kernel.

I hadn't changed the kernel.

> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 
>     ce
> 
> 
> 
-- 
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>

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