Autoloading audio modules on startup.

[CaptainGoodnight]

I have a SoundBlaster PCI 512 running on Slackware 8.1 I compiled the drivers but every time I want to use sound I have to goto the terminal and type:

insmod ac97_codec

then:

insmod emu10k1

and then the sound works. I've tired adding it to etc/modules.conf as: alias mixer ac97_codec or alias sound ac97_codec. And then I add: alias sound emu10k1. All that the README file says is to add the line emu10k1 in etc/modules.conf.

Thanks.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Well I'm used to loading modules in loader.conf (FreeBSD) but I thought you just had to add modules to /etc/modules or /etc/modules.conf and add them in order of what you need. example: You want to load module x but it needs module y. Add module y and module x into /etc/modules/. Have you tried running 'lsmod' to see if there's anything else you need to add?

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

yes i've tried adding them in different orders.

I've also tried loading them from etc/rc.d/rc.local. ac97_codec loads, but emu10k1 does not. Then I try loading it by insmod emu10k1 once i load X. and then it works.

this is the results from lsmod:

Module Size Used by Not tainted
emu10k1 62120 1
soundcore 3236 4 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
ac97_codec 9544 0 [emu10k1]
e100 62596 1 (autoclean)
pcmcia_core 40896 0
ide-scsi 7456 0

 

[CaptainGoodnight]

I got it.

I loaded it via modules.conf, by adding a line to end of /etc/rc.d/rc.conf:
/sbin/modprobe emu10k1