Hi I am using Mandrake 8.1 and ALSA and haven't needed to run ./snddevices a second time ever. (this must be done from root)
The links it creates shouldn't disappear. Sorry I can't help with a solution.... however... I reccomend using the documentation (README & INSTALL) that comes with the ALSA driver. The only other thing that may be causing an issuee but I really don't know what it does is the security settings that drakconf sets. Maybe if you have a high security setting it is removing the links.... although I really don't know. run drakconf and set your security to the lowest setting..... You shouldn't be running an important server (i.e. web server , proxy e.t.c..) as an audio workstation (especially considering running rt patches opens up your system anyway) ... so this shouldn't really cause any issues. You can still use the automated firewall setup in drakconf if net security is a concern (works fine on mine with "lowest" security setting and firewall disallowing almost everything). Lastly, Have you tried installing the Mandrake provided ALSA RPM's. They aren't up to the minute but should set your sytem up to work with ALSA based software. Personally I installed ALSA from source without the RPM's to avoid conflicts cheers Allan On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 22:19, Wesley, John wrote: > Hi, > > I recently installed the Alsa drivers on Mandrake 8.1. using the guide provided by >via (http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=60). I have a VIA VT82C686B. > > Everything works, but the last step in the guide is to run ./snddevices (which again >works) to map the devices on to the general 'handles' (dev/mixer ->dev/mixer0 etc..) >but when I reboot this is gone and I have to run ./snddevices (as root) again. > > Have I done something wrong? Or is this just something I have to do. > > Thanks in advance > > John :> > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
