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Hi.
I have been running my system using OSS with no problems for several months. After a recent update, my system now crashes whenever I start OSS.
After reading the changes at http://www.archlinux.org/news/changes-t … cklisting/ regarding the changes to the way in which modules are handled, I made the following changes:
1. Removed '!pcspkr' and '!soundcore' from the MODULES line in rc.conf
2. Created a new file, /etc/modprobe.d/alsa_blacklist.conf (as recommended in the wiki at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OSS#Install), which contains the following:
blacklist soundcore
blacklist pcspkr
(I am aware that it is now probably unnecessary to blacklist pcspkr, but I added it anyway after my system continued to crash!)
3. I removed oss from the daemons array in rc.conf to allow my system to boot.
Now I can boot my system again, but as soon as I run '/etc/rc.d/oss start' I get kernel problems and my system freezes.
Can anybody see anything I may have missed please?
Last edited by mikemrh9 (2011-06-11 22:24:16)
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Why do you blacklist soundcore?? Edit: OK, I've read the wiki now I know ;P
Do you load snd-pcm-oss?
Last edited by karol (2011-06-11 15:45:18)
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Is your system fully up to date? OSS failed to start for me after yesterday's (I think) kernel update. No system crashing, but everything OSS just segfaulted. When I updated today (to kernel 2.6.39.1) it started.
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Brilliant - all is well again.
Yawns - that was it - thanks. I have got kernel 2.6.39.1 now and everything is fine.
Karol - no, I didn't have snd-pcm-oss loaded - I think that that is only needed if you are using ALSA(?) - so I see why you thought to check if it was chucking a spanner in the works!
Thanks again for your help.
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