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[RayArdia <question78094@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #78094 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78094

    Status: Answered => Open

RayArdia is still having a problem:
Hi Sam,
Did this:-
ray@RayLaptop:~$ sudo
cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
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cp: missing destination file operand after
`/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
ray@RayLaptop:~$ sudo cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf sudo
cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.backup
cp: target `/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.backup' is not a directory
ray@RayLaptop:~$ ls -al /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2387 2009-04-08
19:42 /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
ray@RayLaptop:~$ sudo
cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.backup
ray@RayLaptop:~$ gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
 Enter produced this in a new screen 'alsa-base.conf  (/etc/modprobe.d)
- gedit'

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS &&
{ /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe
--quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS &&
{ /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist
snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS &&
{ /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe
--quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist
snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist
snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx
$CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it
anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS &&
{ /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2

Do I add the new line 'snd-hda-intel model =acer' after the line 'opti
ons snd-pcsp index=-2'? 
Sorry to seem so clod-headed, but when you get to my age there's only
about a half-dozen brain cells left - and three of those are needed to
tell what day it is!
Regards, Ray






On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 18:07 +0000, Sam wrote:

> Your question #78094 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78094
> 
>     Status: Open => Answered
> 
> Sam proposed the following answer:
> Ray, 
> seems the file name has changed in Jaunty. (I'm on Hardy)
> According to some search it's:
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
> 
> To verify, you may check the path via Nautilus or terminal.
> This will show you the content of the folder:
> ls -al /etc/modprobe.d/
> 
> If you've found an alsa-base.conf, then just repeat mentioned steps with this one.
> sudo cp /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf.backup
> gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
> 
> > gedit window has a tab named alsa-base but is otherwise completely blank.
> ##and yes, if a file doesn't exist it will be created, just skip it.
> 
> btw. here is someone with ALC268 [unsolved]
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+question/71724
> 
> >Do I really need to use Pulse-audio at all.
> 
> Ray, ALSA is default, pulseaudio needs ALSA, not the other way around.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pulseaudio-diagram.png
> 
> > What about if I uninstall both Pulse and Skype and use Ekiga instead?
> 
> Ray, it's about freedom of choice and whatever suits your comfort. 
> You may try all options which come to your mind, everything can be removed, reinstalled, configured ...
> 
> Ekiga
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ekiga
> http://www.ekiga.org/
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Fun_Numbers
> https://www.ekiga.net/
>

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