sound not working with new gentoo install (fixed!)
got gentoo 2005.0 stage1 tarball, kernel 2.6.12r6, kde 3.4.1
running on athlonxp 2000 nvidia geforce fx 5700 ultra 128mb soyo dragon kt-333 lite mother with built in sound (cmedia 8738) 1 gig mixed ddr (all pc 2700) i have alsa support for cmedia 8738 compiled into kernel kernel options for alsa are exactly as shows in gentoo linux guide i have followed the gentoo linux alsa guide for the kernel provided method i get the no pnp or pci supported cards found when i run alsaconf upon boot into x i get a pop error saying couldnt start sound /dev/dsp not a valid device (or something similiar) no sound, any ideas? i'm sure i am missing something |
if you have no /dev/dsp file then alsa didnt configure and install properly, can you run ./snddevices in the alsa folder? that would give you all the /dev sound files you need
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any idea where the alsa folder might b?
also, i do see a dsp file in the /dev folder |
Do not run snddevices. Also alsaconf will not help, so do not use it. As root type `modprobe snd-cmipci`. Linux should then made /dev/dsp.
Its directory not folder. |
i tried the modprobe snd-cmipci and get the error that the module was not found. how can i load this module? my modules.conf file does not show an entry for snd-cmipci
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Hello!
I believe that the module snd_cmipci is not supported in the kernel, so you need to follow the instructions in the Gentoo Alsa howto and install alsa-driver separately. Razze |
well, i followed the directions for the alsa-drivers from the gentoo alsa configuration manual.
still no sound. i think i am getting closer.....hehe.. alsaconf works until last step the alsa configurator, here i hit ok and get Running modules-update... Loading driver... Setting default volumes... Saving the mixer setup used for this in /etc/asound.state. /usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1163: No soundcards found... even though i picked my card from list in the last step. if i run "/etc/init.d/alsasound start" i get * Loading ALSA modules ... * Loading: snd-card-0 ... WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/alsa-driver/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg).................etc..........etc followed by a whole list of errors inserting devices if i run "modprobe snd-cmipci" i get the exact same set of errors :scratch: |
I also ran into the same sort of error messages onec. It turned out that I had been messing with the power saving settings in the kernel, and that I had some inconsistencies there. If i remember correctly I had selected APM but no modules. I suggest you check your kernel settings to make sure they are OK.
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checking dmesg the only thing i can find is
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.9rc2 (Thu Mar 24 10:33:39$ ALSA device list: No soundcards found. |
any ideas?
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please................. |
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I still think you don't have your kernel settings correct:
For the alsa-driver you only need to make sure that you enable "device drivers --> sound --> sound card support" as module and leave the rest of the sound settings off (neither M nor Y) Please also make sure that you have disabled the power management support (I got the same error when I had enabled power management support but did not have any modules to go with it). After that save your new kernel configurations and run Code:
# make modules modules_install Code:
ALSA_CARDS="cmipci" |
power management support is definitely disabled
sound module loaded in kernel, no other sound options selected did # make modules modules_install # emerge alsa-driver alsa-utils with ALSA_CARDS="cmipci" in make.conf still get no soundcards found error on boot, using alsaconf, and in dmesg just so you know.... my sound works fine on windows partition, and i have had 5 other flavors of linux installed in same machine with same sound card and all worked with no trouble. |
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