Re: GX1 PIII 450 - No Sound with Linux

Nicholas Andrade wrote:

> Fred wrote:
>> Here is my modprobe.conf
>> alias eth0 3c59x
>> install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe imm; /sbin/modprobe ppa;
>> /bin/true install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /bin/true
>> alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
>> install snd-cs4236 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-cs4236 &&
>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>> remove snd-cs4236 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-cs4236
>>
>> I get errors during boot in /var/log/messages:
>> Oct 11 11:49:08 localhost rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters:
>> succeeded
>> Oct 11 11:49:08 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 6:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl'
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost date: Tue Oct 11 18:49:08 PDT 2005
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting clock (localtime): Tue Oct
>> 11 18:49:08 PDT 2005
>> succeeded
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost rc.sysinit: Setting hostname localhost:
>> succeeded Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf
>> line 6: ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl'
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 8:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/sbin/modprobe'
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 6:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl'
>> Oct 11 18:49:08 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 8:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/sbin/modprobe'
>> Oct 11 18:49:09 localhost usb: Initializing USB controller (usb-uhci):
>> succeeded
>> Oct 11 18:49:10 localhost usb: Mount USB filesystem succeeded
>> Oct 11 18:49:10 localhost fsck: /dev/hda2: clean, 80108/344960 files,
>> 326532/688786 blocks
>> Oct 11 18:49:11 localhost rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in
>> read-write mode: succeede
>> d
>> Oct 11 18:49:11 localhost rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions:
>> succeeded Oct 11 18:49:12 localhost : Loading module: scsi_hostadapter
>> Oct 11 18:49:12 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 6:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl' <29>Oct 11 18:49:12 modprobe:
>> WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line
>> 8: ignoring bad line starting with '/sbin/modprobe'
>> Oct 11 18:49:12 localhost : Loading module: intel-agp
>> Oct 11 18:49:13 localhost modprobe: WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line 6:
>> ignoring bad line star
>> ting with '/usr/sbin/alsactl' <29>Oct 11 18:49:13 modprobe:
>> WARNING: /etc/modprobe.conf line
>> 8: ignoring bad line starting with '/sbin/modprobe'
>> Oct 11 18:49:13 localhost last message repeated 4 times
>> Oct 11 18:49:13 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems:
>> succeeded Oct 11 18:49:13 localhost rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback
>> filesystems: succeeded
>>
>> **********************
>> There are hundreds of error msgs re: line 6 and 8 thru the rest of the
>> file
>>
>>
>> I also had to install alsa utils for alsactl to work
>>
>>
>>
> The error was on my part (my newsreader breaks up lines over 80
> characters long), there should have only been 3 lines, not 5, added.
> Edit your modprobe so that line 5 & 6 are one and 7 & 8 are one. Your
> modprobe should be a total of 6 lines (do not insert the numbers, I just
> wrote them for clarity):
>
> 1 alias eth0 3c59x
>
> 2 install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe imm; /sbin/modprobe ppa;
> /bin/true
>
> 3 install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe usb-uhci; /bin/true
>
> 4 alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
>
> 5 install snd-cs4236 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-cs4236 &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>
> 6 remove snd-cs4236 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-cs4236
>
>
> If this doesn't help, you may want to post to alt.linux.mandrake (if it
> exists) or alt.linux.redhat (I frequent there; Mandrake was based off of
> Red Hat).


Success! Thanks very much!
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