glfs/multimedia/libdriv/alsa/utils/alsa-utils-config.xml
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<sect2>
<title>Configuring alsa-utils</title>
<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/asound.state</filename></para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>Probably the easiest way to store mixer levels is to set and retrieve
them using a bootscript. It is possible to do this with a
<userinput>post-install</userinput> line in
<filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> but this is left as an exercise for
those readers who wish to do this.</para>
<para>The alsa-drivers package installs a script as
<filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound</filename>. While it is possible to use
this script, it contains a lot of extraneous detail which isn't needed on an
LFS system and so we create our own script
<filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</filename>.</para>
<para>To create the alsa script, do the following:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/alsa
# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
# ALSA specific parts by Mark Hymers - markh@linuxfromscratch.org
# Stores mixer settings in the default location: /etc/asound.state
source /etc/sysconfig/rc
source $rc_functions
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting alsa... Restoring volumes..."
loadproc /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
#echo " Loading MIDI font..."
#loadproc sfxload /path/to/soundfont
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping alsa... Saving volumes......"
loadproc /usr/sbin/alsactl store
#echo " Removing MIDI font.........."
#loadproc sfxload -i
;;
restart)
$0 stop
/usr/bin/sleep 1
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
# End $rc_base/init.d/alsa
<userinput>EOF
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa</userinput></screen></para>
<para>You can then create the appropriate symlinks:
<screen><userinput>cd /etc/rc.d/init.d &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc0.d/K35alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc1.d/K35alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc2.d/S40alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc3.d/S40alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc4.d/S40alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc5.d/S40alsa &amp;&amp;
ln -sf ../init.d/alsa ../rc6.d/K35alsa</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Note that all channels of your soundcard are muted by default. You can
use the <filename>alsamixer</filename> program from alsa-utils (or any other
OSS mixer) to change this.</para>
<para>Also, the first time the above script is run, it will complain that
there is no state in <filename>/etc/asound.state</filename>. You can
prevent this by running the following commands after installing alsa-utils:
<screen><userinput>touch /etc/asound.state &amp;&amp;
alsactl store</userinput></screen></para>
<para>A final note is that the lines loading <filename>sfxload</filename>
are commented out. They are there as an example of other things you may
wish to do in the startup script. <filename>sfxload</filename> is a
separate package of interest to SoundBlaster AWE and Live! users. It is
designed for loading "sound-fonts" (which are used for MIDI output). You
may wish to delete these lines and add your own or, if you have the relevant
soundcard, install <filename>sfxload</filename> and uncomment them.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>