[PlanetCCRMA] how to prevent modem loading as default audio device

[izzy]

Tracy,

Thank you for this info. I will ponder it awhile and see if I can gain a 
little more insight. I'll need it-

I was about to plug this old 'midiman' 2*2 in -  just to make it even 
more interesting ; )

izzy

Tracey Hytry wrote:
>>     
>
> I think I posted this here before, but I'll paste it at the end of the message.
> It's my modprobe.conf that I spent a bit of time on to get my midi working properly in FC5.
> I don't know if anything in it will help you.
> It's an interesting tutorial of how to keep the operating system from initializing things early in the boot process, and then setting up the hardware the way you want it set up.
>
> Tracey.
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> /etc --> cat modprobe.conf
>
> # Needed to free up the parallel port for the midi switcher on 2.6.16 kernels.
> #
> blacklist parport
> blacklist parport_pc
> blacklist lp
> #
> install lp /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose lp
> install parport_pc /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose parport_pc
> install parport /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose parport
> #####
> # Needed to get the system to ignore the onboard soundcard hardware with 2.6.17 kernels.
> #
> blacklist snd_via82xx
> blacklist snd_via82xx_modem
> blacklist gameport
> #
> install gameport /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose gameport
> install snd_via82xx_modem /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose snd_via82xx_modem
> install snd_via82xx /sbin/modprobe -r --verbose snd_via82xx
> #####
> # The gigabit ethernet card in pci slot number 2.
> #
> alias eth0 r8169
> #####
> # The Delta 1010 card in pci slot number 3.
> #
> alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-ice1712 index=0
> #
> remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
> #####
> # The moto midi switcher plugged into the parallel port.
> #
> alias snd-card-1 snd-mtpav
> options snd-card-1 index=1
> options snd-mtpav index=1
>
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