[Gloucs] ALSA config help

[Pete Wright AIIE]

yes this is the precise method i am using. i am adding to the modules the 
e10k what ever in the /etc/modules. i've just compiled my own kernel and am 
about to test it :D its the 2.6.12-5 :D

Peter


>From: Paul Broadhead <lug at twinmoons.clara.co.uk>
>Reply-To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Gloucs] ALSA config help
>Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:37:50 +0100
>
>"Pete Wright AIIE" <r3t39 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > well im running ubuntu 5.04, AMD 64 kernel 2.6.10-5, now i have this 
>problem
> > of ALSA defaulting to my usb webcam as the default sound device, instead 
>of
> > my sound card. can anyone help me in configuring it so then the webcam 
>is
> > completely disabled/removed from the alsa config?
>
>I presume its a USB webcam.  I've just reproduced your problem on my 
>system, (I've not used the webcam on ubuntu before).  A simple but crude 
>solution should be to unplug the webcam and reboot without it.  Once the 
>system is up and running you can plug in the webcam, the sound card 
>continues to work and you can use the webcam too.
>
>A better solution is to force the kernel to load your sound card module 
>earlier during the boot sequence.  You can do this by adding your sound 
>card kernel module to the list in the file /etc/modules.  You can find your 
>sound card module name using:
>
>grep snd /proc/modules
>
>Mine had a line:
>snd_es1968 31328 2 - Live 0xd095300
>
>I just added snd_es1968 to my /etc/modules file and rebooted (with the 
>webcam plugged in) and the sound card and webcam both worked as expected.
>
>Hope that helps,
>Paul
>
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