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Subject: modules and configuration
From: mdz () canonical ! com (Matt Zimmerman)
Date: 2004-10-31 18:35:30
Message-ID: 20041031183530.GH5624 () alcor ! net
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:37:57AM -0500, Brian Barr wrote:
> It works, but is not the most user friendly choice. During the install,
> hardware detection found 2 ethernet cards and asked me which one it should
> use. Why can't a similar thing be done for the sound cards?
It could, but it isn't, and I don't think it should be, either. This is
something which should be configured in the desktop preferences, not during
installation.
> > /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modutils are obsolete, used for 2.4 kernels.
> > That should simplify things for you considerably. :-)
>
> Well, it does to some extent. I wonder why, when the default install of
> Warty has a 2.6 kernel, I have /etc/modutils and /etc/modules.conf there
> at all?
Some users choose to use (unsupported) 2.4 kernels, and providing these
backward-compatibility tools prevents the user from inadvertently making
their system unbootable by doing so.
> > The simplest and most robust method would be to disable it in the BIOS
> > Setup on your system. Then the PCI card will automatically become the
> > primary sound device.
>
> It would still be handy to have a wiki page that describes the boot
> procedure, and what the scripts in /etc/rcS.d are responsible for.
Yes, that would be useful for some. Perhaps you would be interested in
writing such a page?
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- mdz
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