2.6.0 alsa howto?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Neal D. Becker wrote:

> On Tuesday 21 October 2003 11:11 am, ne... wrote:
> > On Oct 21, 2003 at 07:39, Neal D. Becker in a soothing rage wrote:
> > >I am trying out 2.6.0test8.  Everything is working so far except sound.  I
> > >tried modifying /etc/modules.conf, but still no /dev/dsp (sorry, I am not
> > > at that machine now so I can't post the /etc/modules.conf).  Can anyone
> > > tell me what steps are needed?
> >
> > The 2.6.x kernels do not use /etc/modules.conf. You need to convert
> > this to /etc/modprobe.conf. FC1t3 may already have this as I have
> > this file on my system. You may need to add your sound stuff to it
> > if /etc/modprobe.conf.dist does not have it.
> >
> 
> Ahh, that explains a lot!  Thanks!  Was the modprobe man page updated to 
> reflect this change?  Maybe I just didn't notice.

i'm still waiting on a good HOWTO on the format of the
/etc/modprobe.conf file.

rday