How to copy alsa config from other linux distro?

Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

Hello,
Couple of days ago I installed something called CyberLink PowerCinema Linux. I think it can be considered as a separate linux distro that converts your pc to a 'media pc' (boots in 15 seconds and allows only to watch movies, videos, tv listen to mp3 and so on). I know that most of you will say that I have to be some stupid Windows guy, but in fact I don't always want to boot the whole system just to watch a dvd. This software is available from my laptop's manufacturer's website so it didn't require any further tweaking.
The way it works is pretty simple - I just had to create a folder on my drive that contains all the PowerCinema stuff and then boot it from grub. Here is the list of files it uses: zlib1.dll, io_install.exe, initrd.gz, bootsect.orig, menu.lst, bzImage, image, stage1, wrd.
Now here is my question - Gentoo could never handle my soundcard properly (intel hda - I wrote loads of posts about it on this forum), whereas this PowerCinema thing does use my card correctly - all the bugs from Gentoo are gone (when I plug headphones the sound doesn't come from the speakers, I can use the volume wheel etc). Does anyone know if it is possible to get the alsa configuration from this distro and paste it to Gentoo? As far as I know the sourcecode is available on the publishers website - just tell me which file to look for.
I would be very thankful for any help.
Cheers,
Wojtek
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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi-1546
Intel Centrino Duo T2600 (2,16GHz)
2x1GB DDR2 RAM
ATi Mobility Radeon X1800 256MB DDR3
2x120GB HDD
Intel High Definition Audio

didymos · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:57 am Post subject:

Well, it installed files somewhere. Look through those.
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Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

In fact, there is no 'installation' process - I simply downloaded the files from Fujitsu website, put them in the directory, created a new grub entry and that's it.
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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi-1546
Intel Centrino Duo T2600 (2,16GHz)
2x1GB DDR2 RAM
ATi Mobility Radeon X1800 256MB DDR3
2x120GB HDD
Intel High Definition Audio

didymos · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject:

Ok, but it has files that it uses to configure things, right?
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Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

The folder contains only files listed in my first post. Do you think any of them can contain the settings?
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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi-1546
Intel Centrino Duo T2600 (2,16GHz)
2x1GB DDR2 RAM
ATi Mobility Radeon X1800 256MB DDR3
2x120GB HDD
Intel High Definition Audio

didymos · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:

Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

Here's what I got:

linuxtuxhellsinki · l33t Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 700 Location: Hellsinki

Maybe you could try to mount 'em via -loop :?:

something like...

didymos · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:18 am Post subject:

Yep, what he said. Those two files should, together, contain the entire system, / , /usr, /etc, all that stuff. Hard to say whats in what though until you mount them on a loop device.
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Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

Ok, it worked. However I have no idea which files to copy to Gentoo. Here's the list of all files that have something to do with sound:
-etc/asound.state
-usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
-usr/share/alsa/sndo-mixer.alisp
-usr/share/alsa also contains a folder 'cards' that contains lots of *.conf files for different soundcards and 'pcm' folder that contains *.conf files like center_lfe, iec958, rear, side, modem, front, sorround40, sorround41, sorround5-, sorround51, sorround71.
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Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi-1546
Intel Centrino Duo T2600 (2,16GHz)
2x1GB DDR2 RAM
ATi Mobility Radeon X1800 256MB DDR3
2x120GB HDD
Intel High Definition Audio

didymos · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:40 am Post subject:

Ok, what about stuff in /etc dealing with modules. The stuff in /usr/share/alsa isn't what we're looking for,at least I don't think so. You want to find out what options are being given to the alsa modules. To tell you the truth, I've never even looked in /usr/share/alsa, till a minute ago, so there might be something there which is important. I'll check into it.

[edit] Ok, copy the /usr/share/alsa/cards/HDA-Intel.conf to somewhere convenient and compare it to the one installed on Gentoo. Copy it to, umm, say, root's home directory or to the home directory of whatever user you're logged in as, change to that directory and do this:

Wojtek_ · Guru Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 397 Location: London

didymos · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject:

Is it the Gentoo installation that's missing the file, or PowerCinema?
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didymos · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:06 pm Post subject:

Look in the /etc directory PowerCinema is using for modules.conf,modprobe.conf, files named alsa, files containing the word alsa. Getting rid of the splash screen is probably going to be more trouble than it's worth, whereas the other option just needs ls and grep
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