Soundcard configuration lost following a reboot

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:27:01 -0400, Allen Winter wrote:

> > I had the same problem with sound going away each time I rebooted.
> > So, I removed the AUDIO section from /etc/sysconf/hwconf and then
> > ran kudzu as suggested above.  (kudzu didn't ask me any questions at all).
> > Now when system-config-soundcard fails with:
> > # system-config-soundcard
> > Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
> >   Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
> >   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
> >   Limits: Playback 0 - 31
> >   Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
> >   Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
> > sox: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': No such device
> > -9
> > 
> So I reboot and no sound.  So I run system-config-soundcard again and this time it
> finds dev/dsp and I have sound.  Should I expect sound to work on reboot now?
> Or what am I doing wrong?

Depends on what you had cut out from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and
whether kudzu detected your soundcard as NEW and what you have got
in /etc/modprobe.conf currently.