ALSA problamo

[a monkey]

Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:

>Your /etc/modprobe.conf file should contain:
>
># ALSA portion
>alias char-major-116-* snd
>alias snd-card-0 snd-powermac
>                                                                                                                                                 
># OSS/Free portion
>alias char-major-14* soundcore
>alias sound-slot-0 snd-powermac
>                                                                                                                                                 
># OSS compatibility alias
>alias sound-service-*-0 snd-mixer-oss
>alias sound-service-*-1 snd-seq-oss
>alias sound-service-*-3 snd-pcm-oss
>alias sound-service-*-8 snd-seq-oss
>alias sound-service-*-12 snd-pcm-oss
>                                                                                                                                                 
>install snd-card-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-card-0 && {
>/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
>remove snd-card-0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; };
>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-card-0
>                                                                                                                                                 
>install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sound-slot-0 && {
>/bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
>remove sound-slot-0 { /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >>/dev/null
>2>&1 || :; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove sound-slot-0
>
>
>Note that the "install" and "remove" lines are each one long line.
>
>
>-Joseph
>
>==============================================================================
>On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 21:42, Michael Coyle wrote:
>  
>
>>>>Oh, and by the way, until now I have to redo the KMix settings each 
>>>>time I reboot.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>I have found a workaround for Kmix resetting to mute and/or no volume 
>>after each reboot.
>>
>>After setting the volumes where I wanted them, as root I typed once:
>>
>>/usr/sbin/alsactl store -f /etc/asound.state
>>
>>Now Kmix reads the file at login. I'm sure if I were more-smarter there 
>>would be a more-better solution, but this works for now. :-)
>>
>>Michael
>>    
>>
Ok, I got sound playing thru my speakers fine, and the sound is pretty 
good quality. It's just that when I play sound it's sort of snappy, like 
a really old, crackly record.