sound recording does not work on intel HD audio ??

[Fred Schaer]

LOL !
Considering the time I spent searching for a solution before posting, I
starting to feel like you about this chip ;)

Thanks, I actually knew where to find modules.
Thing is I don't know yet why snd_hda_intel is actually loaded :

fred:~$ lsmod | grep snd_hda
snd_hda_intel         263712  1
snd_pcm                80388  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd                    54660  11
snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

But as I said, nothing is in /etc : it's why I was guessing it was
loaded at boot time, by initrd.
Could the module have been loaded because it was a dependency for
something else ?

D. Michael McIntyre a écrit :
> On Saturday 05 January 2008, Fred Schaer wrote:
>   
>> I just checked, I don't have snd-hda-intel (or snd_hda_intel ?) anywhere
>> in /etc : maybe the module is loaded in the initrd ? In that case, I'll
>> try to regenerate the initrd files...
>>     
>
> You won't find a kernel module in /etc.  The modules are the various .ko files 
> under /lib/modules/$YOUR_KERNEL_VERSION, but you have no reason to go 
> screwing around with any of that.  The modules are not going to be loaded by 
> your initd, which is only for critical modules necessary for booting, like 
> the drivers for filesystems and various kinds of storage hardware.
>
> What you want to start with is lsmod to see which modules are loaded.  You'll 
> probably find your snd_hda_intel there.  I don't know how to fix your 
> problem, but I deal with how_to_get_sound_working issues constantly, and I've 
> seen a lot of people reporting problems with Intel and HD in them, to the 
> point where I really hate that chip, even though I don't know anything about 
> it.
>
> I'd try the ALSA upgrade first.  Who knows.
>