Hey people, got some Gentoo questions and since there isn't a gentoo forum I didn't know where to put it. But anyway, here it goes: I'm installing my third gentoo box and I guess the third time is a charm because I am having issues with my sound card that's built into the motherboard.

0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 04)

I have a 2.6.7 Kernel and it's compiled into the kernel NOT as a module. The one I have compiled is:

<*> (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1371/1373

When I do "/etc/init.d/alsasound restart" this is what I get:

linux # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
* WARNING: you are stopping a boot service.
* Unloading ALSA...
* Storing ALSA Mixer Levels
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1061: No soundcards found...
* Unloading modules [ ok ] * Loading ALSA drivers...
* Using ALSA OSS emulation
* Loading: snd-ens1371
FATAL: Module snd_ens1371 not found.
* Loading: snd-seq
FATAL: Module snd_seq not found.
* Running card-dependent scripts
* Restoring Mixer Levels
* No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card! [ ok ]

I have updated my /etc/modules.conf file with:

alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371

and afterwards did a modules-update and a update-modules. Still no go, what am I doing wrong, does anyone have experience with this sound card with this kernel, or is it just my luck??

FnkDrSpok

if you have the sound built into the kernel, you dont have to do all these module stuff. try to use rmmod or modprobe -r to remove the offending sound modules.

When I do a lsmod, this is what comes up; (maybe I'm using the command wrong.)

linux # lsmod
Module Size Used by

That's it.

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When I do a lsmod on my work Gentoo box this is what i get;

root # lsmod
Module Size Used by
smbfs 63544 -
snd_cmipci 30468 -
snd_opl3_lib 9316 -
snd_hwdep 6980 -
snd_mpu401_uart 6276 -
snd_rawmidi 20740 -
eepro100 25904 -

What am I doing wrong here?

FnkDrSpok

Nevermind, I guess I'm smarter then I thought. I just loaded that same driver as a module and I did a "make modules" and then a "make modules_install" and it came up. I don't know why I didn't do this the first time but it worked. Isn't life great when you can answer your own questions.

FnkDrSpok