Hi all, I am having a problem with alsa modules during boot. The problem is the following: after boot sound card does not work, when I do /etc/init.d/alsa force-reload it works OK. I checked that after boot all the required modules are loaded (via lsmod), so it not the problem of loading the right modules. In order to make that card working I had to add manually a parameter for the sound card module (I use snd-hda-intel), and I added it into /etc/modprobe.d/sound. I guess the problem is that at boot the modules are started without that parameter.
So I decided to track down the problem and see how exactly the alsa modules are started at boot. Now, here is a mess (at least for me). There is no any one document that describes how the modules are configured and started. For example, I have /etc/modutils/*, /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/* (it is all installed automatically by Etch in testing). How this all works? man modules.conf tells me that I shouldn't edit it since it is generated by update-modules, man update-modules tells me that it is deprectated. So what files are really used /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.d/*? If i edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound, how do I make sure that this file is read during boot? Now, let's assume this mess somehow works and let's find who calls modprobe for snd-hda-intel. The main file that loads alsa dirver is /etc/init.d/alsa. I don't have symlink to this script from /etc/rcS nor from /etc/rc2.d. OK, probably the modprobe is called directly by a hardware detector, I have "discovery" installed automatically. I unload all sound modules and run "/etc/init.d/discover start" and I find that it does *not* load any sound modules. I also checked that file /etc/modules does not contain any sound modules either. Now I am stuck. Which other sript can load the sound modules? How it might be that a module parameter in /etc/modprobe.d/sound is not taken into account during boot? I would be greatful for any hint on the last question, in particular. Denis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
