modules.conf help please!!

[tony.fs-linux]

I need to enter this in to modules.conf

At the command line I enter this to get the sound going.

modprobe sb irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 io=0x220 mpu_io=0x330

How do I put this into nodules.conf?

tried

option sb .....

is there something I am missing?

Thank in advance.

[Icarus]

What version of Linux are you using. You should have sndconfig which you can use to setup the sound. I know Red Hat 8.0 does not load this by default but you can get it off one of the install disks (disk 1 I think)

[tony.fs-linux]

Thanks but sndconfig doesn't do the job very well. (Very old onboard sound, sb 16 compatiable)

[jaygee432]

Use a text editor, may need to be root. If you like kde or gnome, you can use one of those that came with it, e.g., kwrite, gedit. If your modules.conf works like the slackware equivalent, you may only need to uncomment/modify some line(s).

[fancypiper]

Open up an x terminal and:

[phil@uilleann phil]$ su -
Password: 
[root@uilleann root]# pico -w /etc/modules.conf

Edit away.

[tony.fs-linux]

Thanks fancy, that helps me not logging into root each time i need to edit modules.conf

I think I might not of explained myself properly in my first post.

I understand how to edit the file,

The prob is I am not sure of the command i should put into it.

Can i just put in the following,

modprobe sb irq=5 ......etc

or do I need to put in something else.

I understand that you can set up the options for the module like so,

option sb irq=5 ........etc.

But then I need to probe this module so it loads.

Do I use something like probe or probeall

I read the man page for modules.conf but its a bit over my head!!!!!

Thanks in advance.

[AdaHacker]

Yes, you can just use

options sb irq=5 ...

In order for module auto-loading to work correctly, you may also have to add some alias statements. Also, make sure you run 'depmod -a' after editing /etc/modules.conf and also be sure to unload all the sound modules with 'rmmod' before trying again. After that, you can try loading the module with modprobe, or you can try playing an audio file and see if the autoloading works.

Just as something to go by, here's the modules.conf entry I use for my SoundBlaster AWE 64:

alias sound sb
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options -k sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330

[tony.fs-linux]

Million Thanks to all,

I've done it!!!!!!

Final file is

alias sound-slot-0 sb
alias sound sb
options -k sb irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 io=0x220 mpu_io=0x330

alias synth0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388

Not sure what the last two lines are about!!!!


Can finally throw away the window$ 98 discs!!!! (I'll keep the ME one for now )

next mission is to set it all up again after I upgrade!!

Thanks again one and all.

[graza]

tony-fs-linux

I have the same motherboard you mentioned - PC100 with on board 3D Sound Pro - so I read your posts with interest.

I'm running SuSE 8.2 and have just managed to get the sound up and running by using YaST2 (the SuSE setup tool) in KDE. The sound was autodetected as "Multimedia audio controller C-Media CMI8330". However, I then had to enter the settings as per the ones you gave. Hey presto, music started blaring out of speakers

[mdwatts]

Just so you know. tony.fs-linux has not been logged onto JL since Feb 17th.

Just in case you were expecting a reply from him.