Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 26Jun2007 16:53, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It never got old like the FC4 model did and it works very well with good
results for a few weeks. But last week it went bad. I could hear everyone
fine but they could not hear me, and Skype told me in cryptic terms what
was wrong. It says
" Call Failed Problem with Audio Capture". So I sent all this to Skype and
they sent me this:
1. Uncomment these lines in the /etc/modules.d/alsa file and replaced
"driver" with "intel8x0" :
# Replace "driver" with the driver for you soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-driver
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
2. Add this line (this likewise seemed to have no effect):
options snd-pcm-oss nonblock_open=1
[...]
Of course we don't have a /etc/modules.d/ but we have a /lib/modules/
and somewhere in there is a alsa or alsa-mixer because it is in the kernel
right now.
Stay out of /lib/modules.
The file you want is /etc/modprobe.conf.
The file is only consulted when a module is loaded - if your sound
modules are already loaded then changes to the file have no immediate
effect.
But my question to this group is, do I dare do this sort of
thing to a kernel module?
Sure, but make sure you keep a copy of the original file before you change
it. That way it is easy to revert.
Ahh, that is the secret. Always be able to revert to the original
file. I will copy the original to /root/ for safe keeping :-)
Depending on the kernel and modules you may need to reboot between tests
(modify file, reboot, try skype, lather rinse, repeat). In principle you
don't need to reboot, but my module fu is weak.
That will not hurt. It is necessary to make sure the modified alsa
is being used by the kernel.
Also, a reboot is a "full test" in the sense that you are testing how the
machine will behave "from scratch", which you need to know anyway.
Now I need to find the file. It isn't in /etc/modprobe.d/ for some
reason. It may be inside Volume Control which is in the kernel when you
bring it up. I see that when I use ps -A to read the kernel.
Karl
