Nigel Henry writes: > On Monday 07 August 2006 17:17, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Nigel Henry writes: > > > On Saturday 05 August 2006 17:46, Paul Smith wrote: > > > > On 8/5/06, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > How can one restart alsa? > > > > snip snip ... > > > > > That's odd. I've just been into FC5, presuming that's what your using, to > > > check it out, and alsasound is there. I am using a kernel from > > > planetccrma, > > > > Precisely why you have the alsasound service. You're using the CCRMA > > kernel, and therefore also the CCRMA alsa-utils, most likely. > > I've used planetccrma since not long after I'd got into computing with FC1. > Couldn't get the sound working until I found planetccrma by accident, but I'm > very gratefull that I came across the site, and all the audio apps. Being > able to stop and start Alsa has been quite usefull, as you get error messages > if there is a problem with stopping or starting it. I'd had problems on FC1, > and 2 with the USB midi keyboard being detected as card 0, and consequently > the soundcard as card 1 was producing no sound, but since FC3 that problem > has been resolved. OOTB, FC3,4, and 5 have set the cards in the correct > order. The actual soundcard as card 0, and the USB midi keyboard is ignored. > a /etc/modprobe.conf only shows the actual soundcard, and not the USB midi > keyboard, so this is obviously being handled automagically somehow, because > the keyboard works. > > > > In their infinite wisdom, Fedora appears to believe that sound is not a > > service, or not something that might require restarts without a reboot. > > I find that strange thinking, but they don't ask me. Clearly, CRMA also > > believes that sound might require a restart--but that expertise has also > > not impressed the Fedora decision makers. > > > > You need a copy of the alsasound script from the CCRMA packages. Just > > plop it into /etc/init.d and you'll be good to go with the traditional: > > > > service alsasound start/restart/stop > > I'll try that. I have one FC5 install with planetccrma, and the other FC5 > without. I'll borrow the alsasound script from the planetccrma one. > > It is usefull to be able to stop and start Alsa. I have seen quite a few folks > having problems with the snd-hda-intel driver on laptops. Apparently there > are variations in the soundcard chip on some laptops causing the > snd-hda-intel driver not to work, and being able to stop and start Alsa is > easier than having to reboot to restart Alsa, after you have tried something > new to get the soundcard working. > > Janina > > Thanks for that. > > Nigel. You're very welcome. I don't have a single machine that I haven't copied my CCRMA alsasound script to /etc/init.d -- even though I don't generally run CCRMA kernels for other reasons. Janina Actively yanking this alsa provided script from the Fedora rpm boggles my mind. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.595.7777 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
