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Title: Sound: automatic loading of the sound module

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Sound: automatic loading of the sound module

Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 5.3

Symptom:

You've compiled and installed a sound module like it is explained in the articles Sound: Configuring an ISA-PnP Soundcard and ISA-PnP: Configuring an ISA-PnP card. You're able to load the sound module manually; after you've loaded the module it is possible to play sounds without a problem. However in contrast to previous versions of S.u.S.E. Linux including version 5.2 the sound module doesn't get loaded automatically, as soon as you try to play a sound.

Cause:

This is not really a bug but was introduced to facilitate the usage of the OSS sounddriver by 4Front. The original behaviour will be restored in upcoming versions of S.u.S.E. Linux.

The automatic loading of sound modules lead to diffuclties with the installation and usage of the sounddriver OSS by 4Front . Therefore it was deactivated. Version 3.7.1z of OSS is containd as a full version in S.u.S.E. 5.3 and can be used free of charge by S.u.S.E. customers. It also supports a number of cards that cannot be used with the original sounddriver of the kernel. Also this driver does an automatic initialization of ISA-PnP soundcards. Its usage and configuration is easier than the driver contained in the kernel. Further information about the installation of OSS can be found in the article OSS: Sounddrivers by 4front in our support database.

Solution:

If you want to load the sound module or the 4Front sound driver automatically, there are two possible solutions :

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See also:

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Keywords: SOUND, MODUL, 5.3

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Categories: Hardware , Hardware , Sound

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SDB-rb_soundautoload, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany - Version: 07. Sep 1998
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