Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] LinuxSampler & sample library producers NAMM report

[Steve H. <S.W...@ec...>]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 06:45:51 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> I was trying to imagine what happens when someone sticks a CD in there
> GSt machine and reboots into Linux. I understand from other threads that
> some of these Live CD distros can find networking devices and even 1394
> devices, but I've not heard of any of them discovering specific sound
> cards and and actually bringing up Alsa automatically. So...how are
> these folks going to get Alsa running when presumably they won't even
> know how to run vi?

Theres a CD distro called dynebolic (or osmething similar) that uses ALSA
IIRC.
 
> Questions - Can Alsa be reliably started from a script file after the
> machien is booted? I've never tried modprobing every command in
> modules.conf. Would it work? Could we imagine putting together some
> scripts, and even doing a bit of custom vi work for early adopters, to
> build these scripts? I don't think it will be wise to send them to
> Alsa-org and ask them to study sound card pages just to try out a demo.
> They'll never want to use Linux after that experience!) ;-) 

Yes, you can modprobe in the appropriate driver if you know what it is -
thats what alsa-conf does.

- Steve