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Occasionally I get an error message in kde at startup listing /dev/dsp
not loading, and sure enough there is no sound. When this problem
occurs I get the following in /var/log/messages:

Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-opl3-lib
already exists
Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-pcm already
exists
Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-service-0-3 failed

The problem reoccurs on every boot, until I run the following script,
and reboot:

cat /proc/modules|gawk '/^snd-/{print $1}'|xargs -i rmmod {}

My questions are:

1) Is there a way to prevent this problem?
2) Should I run this script when the system halts, and if so how?
3) Reading the module howto, the autoclean flag seemingly is to save
memory. Is this a possible solution(Difficult to test because the
problem is intermittent)?

I'm running alsa .90 rc2 .

Thanks for any help,
iksrazal

Quote:> Occasionally I get an error message in kde at startup listing /dev/dsp
> not loading, and sure enough there is no sound. When this problem
> occurs I get the following in /var/log/messages:

> Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-opl3-lib
> already exists
> Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
> Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-pcm already
> exists
> Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-service-0-3 failed

> The problem reoccurs on every boot, until I run the following script,
> and reboot:

> cat /proc/modules|gawk '/^snd-/{print $1}'|xargs -i rmmod {}

> My questions are:

> 1) Is there a way to prevent this problem?
> 2) Should I run this script when the system halts, and if so how?
> 3) Reading the module howto, the autoclean flag seemingly is to save
> memory. Is this a possible solution(Difficult to test because the
> problem is intermittent)?

> I'm running alsa .90 rc2 .

> Thanks for any help,
> iksrazal

Yes, i believe the alsa source you are using should include a script which
would be installed in (debian) /etc/init.d/alsasound
in debian all you have to do to add this is update-rc.d alsasound default",
and it will handle loading/unloading + mixer settings.
For other distributions check your init scripts. I hope i understood your
problem correctly.

Quote:> Occasionally I get an error message in kde at startup listing /dev/dsp
> not loading, and sure enough there is no sound. When this problem
> occurs I get the following in /var/log/messages:

> Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-opl3-lib
> already exists
> Aug 20 08:37:08 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
> Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: a module named snd-pcm already
> exists
> Aug 20 08:37:09 quefaz insmod: insmod: insmod sound-service-0-3 failed

> The problem reoccurs on every boot, until I run the following script,
> and reboot:

> cat /proc/modules|gawk '/^snd-/{print $1}'|xargs -i rmmod {}

> My questions are:

> 1) Is there a way to prevent this problem?
> 2) Should I run this script when the system halts, and if so how?
> 3) Reading the module howto, the autoclean flag seemingly is to save
> memory. Is this a possible solution(Difficult to test because the
> problem is intermittent)?

> I'm running alsa .90 rc2 .

> Thanks for any help,
> iksrazal

The alsa source you installed should include a script called alsasound. In
debian it goes to /etc/init.d/alsasound, and all you have to do is run
"update-rc.d alsasound default" and it will handle loading/unloading + mixer
settings at boot-time.