[ltp] FIX for sound (and MIDI) on A22p (Mandrake 9.1)

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 16 Aug 2003 19:07:00 +0100


Dear All,

I finally discovered why my sound is never quite as it should be. For 
anyone who has the same problem, this may help.

Symptoms included:
	Volume set to zero on boot
	MIDI not working (no /dev/sequencer)
	Service alsa start/service sound start conflicting/failing.
	Suspend-resume leaving sound dead.

The correct driver is the snd-cs46xx, but in some places, Mandrake uses 
the cs46xx driver, with the result that the wrong modules are sometimes 
loaded.

The fix is to edit /etc/modules.conf and change this line:
	alias sound-slot-0 cs46xx
to this one:
	alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs46xx
and then reboot.


(The full writeup is at www.richardneill.org)

Regards

Richard