 | | | more on... sound-service and sound-slot module errors | more on... sound-service and sound-slot module errors 2004-01-08 - By Jay Daniels
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Thomas Dodd said:
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> Jay Daniels wrote:
> | Randy Kelsoe said:
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> |>Jay Daniels wrote:
> |>>-- ---- ---- ---- --- ModProbe Begin -- ---- ---- ---- ------
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> |>>Can't locate these modules:
> |>> sound-service-1-0: 3 Time(s)
> |>> sound-slot-1: 3 Time(s)
> |>alias sound-service-1-0 off
> |>alias sound-slot-1 off
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> | Thanks Randy! I never understood any of this module/alias stuff in
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> | or why you had to alias modules.
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> The aliases for modules simplify things like startup scripts.
> Example, eth0 is an alias for your NIC. The script the configures
> networking just does 'modprobe eth0', and the alias causes the correct
> driver to load. If you change cards later, you only have to change the
> alias, and every thing works.
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> Sound-service and such are similar. sound-slot-0 is the first sound
> card, sound-slot-1 is the second card. The sound-service-X-Y entries are
> for things like mixer, pcm, midi. X is the card number like in the
> sound-slot-X line. Y is the service number.
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> Did you have 2 cards at some point?
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> -Thomas
No, but...
Question: since the pci soundcard is 4 channel, is linux seeing it as 2
soundcards? The error was with alias sound-slot-1 (according to above,
soundcard 2).
Currently, I have only 2 speakers connected to one port. The back (other
2 channels) is not connected. In other words, this card has 2 output
jacks, front 2 speackers and back 2 speakers. I guess it's made to run 4
speakers, 2 front and 2 back for a total of 2 channels per jack, 2 jacks
makes 4 channels.
Simple explanation: is linux seeing this card as two soundcards? If so,
how is Linux detecting that I have no speakers connect to the other output
jack? Could this cause the sound-slot-1 errors?
jay
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