On Sunday 29 August 2004 03:05 pm, Nick Pierpoint wrote: > On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 13:15, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:57:22 +0100, Nick Pierpoint wrote: > > > > > My soundcard configuration is lost each time I reboot - thankfully a > > > rare event but annoying nonetheless. > > > > > > If I reboot and run system-config-soundcard then everything is pretty > > > much fine. However, following a reboot the system will be silent again. > > > > > > Does anyone know what system-config-soundcard actually does? > > > > > > The content of /etc/modprobe.conf is untouched by by > > > system-config-soundcard when I run it - is this the expected behaviour > > > or is something awry? > > > > > > I'm running FC2 - recently upgraded from RH9. > > > > Is the soundcard listed in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf? If so, cut out the > > block and run /usr/sbin/kudzu as root. Following the instructions, > > you should see activity in /etc/modprobe.conf > I had the same problem with sound going away each time I rebooted. So, I removed the AUDIO section from /etc/sysconf/hwconf and then ran kudzu as suggested above. (kudzu didn't ask me any questions at all). Now when system-config-soundcard fails with: # system-config-soundcard Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device -9 Help! Allen
