[Ekiga-list] Sound devices; was Audio-Problems

[peasthope shaw ca]

At 03 Jan 2009 18:49:36 +0100 (CET) Palo Sprva wrote,
"You can specify the order of sound drivers loading
in your modprobe file. ... These are the lines I use ...
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
   ..."

In principle, the order of device loading shouldn't 
be significant.  Nevertheless, the analogous script 
is installed here and the sound devices work reliably, 
... so far at least.  Thanks!

Inescapable Observation 
udev and hal were designed to make installation 
and removal of peripherals efficient.  A naive 
user, for example, should be able to plug a device 
into a working system and have it operational 
with minimal attention to software.  Yet the modprobe 
script and other strategies aim to circumvent the 
automation of udev!  Circumventing of automation 
can be more obscure than setting an IRQ in an old 
ISA system.  Hopefully the design of udev included 
a concept of efficient & reliable device 
identification.

Regards,             ... Peter E.

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