alsa instead of oss sound drivers

[Keithj]

I have Knoppix 3.8.2 installed on my machine. I've got past the worst of the launch curve (mine and the computer's) but still the sound system boots to OSS which doesn't work fully - especially with MIDI.

I can run alsaconf, and that fixes it that time, but at next bootup it's back to OSS and I have to run alsaconf all over again.

I've googled for ways to set it to start in alsa mode, but not found any that I can understand, or that work. Is there an easy way? At the moment, I've put "alsaconf" in bootmisc.sh - that runs it OK but I still have to go through the full Q&A each time. There must be a better way.

Has anyone any suggestions?

[Harry Kuhman]

Has anyone any suggestions?
Have you considered asking in the forum set up for people who install Knoppix to hard disk and then have problems?
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16574

[Keithj]

having now found that forum, yes.

[CrashedAgain]

Are you using the 'alsa' bootcode? Bootcodes on a HD install are run through lilo & are contained in the 'append=' command line in /etc/lilo.conf.