[mythtv-users] Just can't lick this sound issue

[Douglas Phillipson]

Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> 
> 
> Jonathon.Schmidt at sasktel.sk.ca wrote:
> 
>> Ok Doug,
>>       I am a redhat 9 user as well, and I have had my fair share of audio
>> problems with alsa, however I think I have it licked now as I have 
>> done the
>> install twice.  RH9 uses OSS by default, so alsa needed to be installed.
>> However, you have to install alsa for your sound driver.
>> With your Alsa driver install did you:
>>
>>
>> Start with the alsa-driver package:
>>
>> # tar -xjf alsa-driver-0.9.x.tar.bz2
>> # cd alsa-driver-0.9.x
>> # ./configure --with-cards=XXX --with-sequencer=yes
>> # make
>> # su
>> # make install
>> # ./snddevices
>>
>> Do all of these steps for the driver package and put your sound card 
>> in the
>> XXXX.
>> Then:
>>
>> Next insert the new modules by:
>>
>>
>> # modprobe snd-XXXX; modprobe snd-pcm-oss; modprobe snd-mixer-oss; 
>> modprobe
>> snd-seq-oss
>>
>>
>> If you are having trouble inserting snd-XXXX  you can check the modules
>> already inserted by lsmod.
>>
>>
>> If you see your sound driver already in there you must take it out by 
>> rmmod
>> via82xx
>>
>>
>> Try this
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
> 
> Ahh, I didn't do the rmmod step, wouldn't a reboot accomplish the same 
> thing?  Don't remember if I rebooted though.  I did compile/install 
> alsa-driver, alsa-utils,and alsa-lib as you said.  Can you sent me your 
> modules.conf please?
> 
> Thanks  (Posting order is getting confused...)
> 
> Doug P
OK I got it all working!  Now after a recording stops there is MUCH disk 
activity for a very long time.  It stops if I kill mythbackend.  What is 
all this disk activity?

Doug P