sound/modify modules.conf
Forum: Apps
Topic: sound/modify modules.conf
started by: Subito Piano
Posted by Subito Piano on Feb. 13 2008,13:29
Hi! I have an old Toshiba 460CDX laptop, Pent-1, 1.65MHz, 40MB RAM. The sound didn't work but after some digging, i found that i just needed get into a terminal as root and type:modprobe cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0
It works great now. The post said to add that line to my modules.conf file to load the module at boot time; however, the modules.conf file located in /etc is a big red "ERROR" icon (using Rox-filer); when i right-click to show target, i get a message "Directory '/KNOPPIX/etc' is not available. This happens even when i try it with root privileges.
How do i get this module to load automatically at startup? Where do i put it, and do i put that exact line in?
Thanks for the advice!
Posted by Juanito on Feb. 13 2008,14:54
Add the line "modprobe cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0" to /opt/bootlocal.sh instead.
Posted by Subito Piano on Feb. 13 2008,15:30
Thanks! 
I'll try it when i get home. If i don't repost -- it worked.
Posted by Subito Piano on May 11 2008,04:49
Hope posting to this old topic gets noticed...I am trying to use Audacity with my sound configured as stated above -- but while i can play just fine, i cannot record with any clarity. I have tried all kinds of tweaks in the program and in my sound settings, all to no avail. I downloaded a different record program through the package management system and it had the same problem (simply horrid sound). There must be some configuration i need to make somewhere. I am using dsl 4.2 -- haven't tried 4.3 yet.
Note that the sound quality is fine on the Windoze side of the laptop, but with my low resources i get skips in the recording even with all other apps including explorer shut down. I am hoping dsl will use few enough resources to enable me to record.
Thanks!
Posted by Juanito on May 11 2008,06:56
You could try with the alsa.dsl mydsl extension instead - the alsamixer probably allows more "tweaking" of settings for recording. Note that it might be worth a trip to the alsa web site to check that your sound device is supported.
Posted by Subito Piano on July 09 2008,19:55
Hmm--now it's summer and i have a little time to play with my old laptop. I still cannot get that Toshiba to record, even though i downloaded all the appropriate alsa extensions. Digging around the alsa SoundCardTesting page, i think i might need to get amxer or alsa mixer -- but where??Also - to boot, do i now need to type "Linux dsl alsa" every time to get alsa?