On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> But I get the warning about "Module snd_hda_intel not found" which is >>> the built-in chip. >> >> That's because you don't have that module, it's built into the kernel. >> This also means the the options lines in alsa.conf will not do anything. > > OK, so I need to build them as modules, or I need to change those > lines in alsa.conf? If I can avoid building them as modules I'd like > to. How can those lines be written when the drivers are built into > the kernel?
You pass the parameters in the kernel boot line. For examen, in my grub.conf I have: title Gentoo Linux (linux-2.6.31.5) root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.31.5 root=/dev/sda4 quiet udev splash=silent,fadein,theme:natural_gentoo CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 iwlagn.swcrypto=1 snd-hda-intel.model=basic initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5 I have two parameters for my built-in modules: for the iwlagn module, the parameter swcrypto=1, and for the snd-hda-intel the parameter model= basic. In general, for a built-in module called "module", you pass the parameter "parm" with value "val" this way: module.parm=val As of now, in my laptop I have *all* my modules built-in. In other machines, I have modules where there is no other option (like nvidia drivers, LIRC, ndiswrapper, stuff like that). Good luck. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Instituto de Matemáticas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
