Tech R wrote: > > > > What did I miss when I compiled my kernel that I don't see that when I > > > run'lsmod' > > > module. If sound works, you don't need to worry about this. > > I have posted several times about only getting sound of my left front > speaker. Not only that but it's odd that, if I MUTE the MIC on the Alsa > MIXER, I loose the sound. > > So, since almost everything I tried with the mixer and suggestions from all > that responded didn't work, I was wondering if maybe I missed something when > I compiled the kernel. > > Rick
The only option in the kernel that you need to worry about in order to get alsa working is CONFIG_SOUND. This determines whether the soundcore system is compiled into the kernel, compiled as a module or turned off entirely. If your sound is working, even partially, and you don't see soundcore listed when you run lsmod, you probably compiled it into the kernel. When you see soundcore in other people's lsmod output it means that they compiled it as a module. Once the module is loaded it will function in the same way it does in a kernel that has it compiled in. As far as I know the main difference here is that if you have it as a module you have the option of loading/unloading it from the running kernel at your leisure while if it is compiled into the kernel it is always in the kernel. And of course if it's not compiled at all you just won't have sound. As I understand it, soundcore is a sort of multiplexer that provides a minimal interface to the kernel into which the various sound driver options (OSS/Free, OSScomercial, ALSA, other possible future options(?)) hook themselves. hope this helps, ERic Rz. _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
