can't load snd-via82xx module

splinter889 · 01-04-2004, 08:24 PM

I compiled and installed alsa drivers 0.9.7 (along with alsa-utils and alsa-lib) on a 2.6.0 kernel (from kernel.org) but doing "modprobe snd-via82xx" returns:

FATAL: Module snd_via82xx not found.

anyone knows what's wrong?

sound card is onboard on a a7v8x-x mobo

Bruce Hill · 01-05-2004, 12:35 AM

Did you insert the modules into the kernel by doing ->
modprobe snd-via82xx;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
and then afterwards you should run as normal user
$ alsamixer
and unmute the channels
then su to root and run
# alsaconf
and then
# alsactl store
so you'll have your settings next time you reboot.

Look at this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=129947 and just skip to post #17.

trey85stang · 01-05-2004, 07:47 AM

after i updated i had to use via82cxxx_audio

Bruce Hill · 01-05-2004, 08:22 AM

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Originally posted by trey85stang
after i updated i had to use via82cxxx_audio

shenme?

splinter889 · 01-05-2004, 12:49 PM

IRT chinaman

that's what I did and it doesn't work, but looking at that thread I'll try having sound as a module to see if it helps...

IRT trey85stang

via82cxxx_audio doesn't work either

splinter889 · 01-05-2004, 01:14 PM

still doesn't work, doing :

snd-via82xx;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss

still gives :

FATAL: Module snd_via82xx not found.
FATAL: Module snd_pcm_oss not found.
FATAL: Module snd_mixer_oss not found.
FATAL: Module snd_seq_oss not found.

even tought i actually find snd-via82xx.o in /lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/sound/pci/

Bruce Hill · 01-05-2004, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by splinter889
still doesn't work, doing :

snd-via82xx;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss

still gives :

FATAL: Module snd_via82xx not found.
FATAL: Module snd_pcm_oss not found.
FATAL: Module snd_mixer_oss not found.
FATAL: Module snd_seq_oss not found.

even tought i actually find snd-via82xx.o in /lib/modules/2.6.0/kernel/sound/pci/

Have you searched LQ and Google concerning this? I've seen many threads about ALSA and this new kernel.

ALSA is built into kernel 2.6.0 and I think that particular module, also. So you shouldn't have to install the ALSA package. You should have just built in sound support, and that module, when you compiled. Many people, however, have had lots of problems with kernel 2.6.0 - especially sound and video problems.

splinter889 · 01-05-2004, 03:52 PM

i do get sound with the built in alsa but it's very bad (kink of like if my speakers were shot) but i read on a forum that version 0.9.7 fixes it

i figured maybe someone knew what was wrong, maybe it's not specific to alsa, maybe it's just something i'm doing wrong (altought i followed all the steps..)

splinter889 · 01-05-2004, 03:53 PM

oh and i get the same problem (bad sound) with the stock 2.4.22 kernel that came with slack

Bruce Hill · 01-05-2004, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by splinter889
oh and i get the same problem (bad sound) with the stock 2.4.22 kernel that came with slack

I wish I knew what to do to help. All this Linux stuff is a mystery to me now, but I'm having the time of my life learning it. I could literally ignore the world and stay at my comp all day long just to get Slack working like everything works in my W2K system. I'll be there one day, I am sure!

Hey, with the 2.4.22 kernel, did you try the sound the way I described in that thread, or did you use the built-in module? The one in 2.4.22 is OSS, and not ALSA.

splinter889 · 01-07-2004, 07:49 PM

in .22 i used the built-in

I found a pci sound card at my dad's so I fixed my prob. : )

itsme86 · 01-07-2004, 08:32 PM

Make sure you do 'depmod -a' to rebuild the modules list. Otherwise modprobe doesn't know that the modules exist even if they're in the right directory.

Bruce Hill · 01-07-2004, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by splinter889
in .22 i used the built-in

I found a pci sound card at my dad's so I fixed my prob. : )

Cool! I regret having bought a sound card now. For my needs, the built-in Intel i810 sounds just as good as the Audigy ES - and the new ALSA 1.0.0rc1 release has Intel8x0 driver fixes.

splinter889 · 01-08-2004, 06:20 PM

itsme86: when should that command be ran? while compiling the new kernel or just any time after? or... ?

yeah i'm glad i thougth of looking at his place... is it just me or soundcards are all expensive now? I guess they don't really make low-ends now that pretty much every mobo as onboard sound...