83665 – Can not use an aliased name as alias target

Bug 83665 - Can not use an aliased name as alias target

Summary: Can not use an aliased name as alias target

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs-user
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Alsa Configuration Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2005-03-01 04:11 UTC by Henrik Brix Andersen
Modified:	2005-03-18 01:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-03-01 04:11:28 UTC

From Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt in linux-2.6.11-rc5:

Only necessary step for auto-loading of OSS modules is to define the
card alias in /etc/modprobe.conf, such as

        alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1

As the second card, define sound-slot-1 as well.
Note that you can't use the aliased name as the target name (i.e.
"alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0" doesn't work any more like the old
modutils).


The Gentoo ALSA guide contains references to "alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0" - they need to be changed to "alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx" or ALSA OSS emulation will not work (no /dev/mixer et al).

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-18 01:29:30 UTC

i've fixed this a while back, just forgot to mark it as such...