User Feedback :: Alsa needs manual setup after every boot



Try looking in the apps section of the repository for package called xvkbd.tar.gz, which claims to be a virtual keyboard for X.  Perhaps that would help.

Normally you can redirect and pipe output in linux.  So if you had a file with all of the responses you could redirect that into the program, but I couldn't make it work for alsaconf.  As in sudo alsaconf < myResponses
He he he...
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What a workaround!  A great idea, actually.

Thanks, I'll give it a shot!
Funny thing... if I have .xinitrc boot up alsaconf then it crashes my system.  After I tried that I had to boot in from liveCD, then extract the .tar.gz so I could fix the .xinitrc just to get my frugal install to work again.

I did however get the virtual keyboard installed.    It's cool.  It also does keyboard macros to simulate producing keyboard input from a commandline (just like a keyboard-buffer-stuffer), but I haven't been successful at making the keyboard macros to work correctly yet.  Besides, the command line use requires you to enter the name of the window in hexidecimal to which you're sending the keyboard input.  As if I know what that is...Whatever?!
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Anyway, a fun exercise andI needed a virtual keyboard for my touchscreen anyway.  Thanks!
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Now I'll have to remaster the CD so ALSA is native.  If anyone wants a copy of the result, let me know.  As I said before, this seems like it should be standard since frugal is so popular and the only way to get ALSA working on frugal is if it is part of the iso.
Moved to extension area.

original here.