On Saturday 05 August 2006 18:55, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 6:23 PM +0200 8/5/06, Nigel Henry wrote: > >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? > >> > > > >> > > I have already tried: > >> > > > >> > > # /sbin/service alsasound restart > >> > > alsasound: unrecognized service > >> > > # > >> > > >> > Hi Paul. I've always used the following on FC, su'ed to root. > >> > > >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop > >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start > >> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound restart > >> > >> Thanks, Nigel, but I get > >> > >> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound restart > >> bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound: No such file or directory > >> # > >> > >> Paul > > > >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, along with Alsa stuff, and sound apps from them, but Alsa, > > when I installed FC5 worked just fine OOTB with my Ensoniq card. > > FWIW, I'm also using FC5, but "locate alsasound" finds no files and "yum > provides alsasound" with the usual repos finds no matches. There are no > modules with alsa in the name. Yet sound works here, VIA chipset, AC'97 > audio. > ____________________________________________________________________ > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> Hi Tony. Thats interesting. I've just booted up the other FC5 which doesn't have the planetccrma kernel, and the associated kernel-modules-alsa package on it, and your quite right. No /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound. There is an /etc/alsa directory with and alsa.conf file, a cards directory, and a PCM directory, with another few bits, and cat /proc/asound/cards, cat /proc/asound/version, and /sbin/lsmod show that Alsa is installed ok. It must be that installing the planetccrma kernel, and associated kernel-modules-alsa package, that has created the alsasound file. So the question remains. How, if you are using Fedora kernels, do you start and stop Alsa? I must admit that I only had a quick look in the non planetccrma FC5, and perhaps there is a script somewhere that allows you to stop and start Alsa. Nigel.
