How can I ensure the `snd-hda-intel` module is loaded on startup?

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I need to type sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel in order to get my sound card to work.

What config file do I need to edit and what edit should I be looking to make so I can get the sound driver loading at start up so I don't have to type this every time?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:58

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Add snd-hda-intel to the end of the file /etc/modules. This will make the snd-hda-intel module load up automatically at boot time.

You can use: sudo sh -c 'echo "snd-hda-intel" >> /etc/modules' to do this.

answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:58

Alaa Ali

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It didn't work on my laptop with Debian 9. – Roby Sottini Jan 21 '19 at 14:22
Unless the module is blacklisted. – Matthew Brown aka Lord Matt Jun 11 '20 at 16:46
Where would I find the Blacklist? @MatthewBrownakaLordMatt – Wolfgang Blessen Jan 13 '22 at 13:07

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:58

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In /etc/modules you can put every module (one per line) for those you need to load at boot time.

Running this command will append the module to the file:

echo "snd-hda-intel" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

answered Aug 31 '13 at 17:58

gertvdijk

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 16 '19 at 20:01

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After attempting an "oss4" audio install, I lost audio, and reverting my mistake, did not recover the audio.

Needed to "manually": modprobe snd-hda-intel every boot....

Until I found that the driver had been put in a blacklist.... on the oss4 attempt.

grep snd-hda-intel /etc/modprobe.d/*

/etc/modprobe.d/oss4-base_noALSA.conf:blacklist snd-hda-intel

moved the "oss4-base_noALSA.conf" away from the "/etc/modprobe.d"

sudo mv /etc/modprobe.d/oss4-base_noALSA.conf /root

and now, do not need to manually "modprobe snd-hda-intel" to get audio after every boot....

Hope it helps...

edited Feb 16 '19 at 20:01

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answered Feb 16 '19 at 19:54

nicolas_dh

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I found that snd-hda-intel was blacklisted too. I commented out the line and will see if it works on the next reboot. – Matthew Brown aka Lord Matt Jun 11 '20 at 16:46
@MatthewBrownakaLordMatt i take it you havent rebooted your computer in the last 7 months? lol I commented it out too and am planning to check on next reeboot but heck if i remember to do that like 6 weeks from now – DeveloperACE Feb 02 '21 at 22:11
yep, seems like this works after a reboot – DeveloperACE Feb 12 '21 at 00:33

How can I ensure the `snd-hda-intel` module is loaded on startup?

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