Ubuntu Linux: concerning alsaconf

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 06:28:38AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:

> Eddie M. Gonzalez wrote:
> | Hello, I heard that you were the one to contact for information about
> | why alsaconf was removed, and if it'll ever get put back into the
> | alsa-utils package.
> 
> No sorry, but the rumor is incorrect and i don't remember who proposed
> the removal. sorry about that.

That was me.

> |  I remember hearing about it causing empty
> | modules.conf files.  The problem is that the IBM Thinkpad 600E has an
> | interesting problem that alsaconf handles beautifully.
> | The CS-4610 (sound card) has an emulation mode for the CS-4232.  so the
> | driver that you need to run it is the CS-4232 and not the CS-46xx.  I've
> | found this site: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/misc/thinkpad-600e-sound.html
> | and am trying to get this working manually.

If you want to use the cs4232 driver as documented on that web page, add
this line to /etc/modules:

snd-cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0

> | As a note, when I first installed Ubuntu alsaconf simply froze without
> | doing anything.

Creating an empty modules.conf file, and otherwise not working properly, are
the reasons it was removed.

-- 
 - mdz