Hi all,

I'm using linux-2.4.23, and also devfs with the devfsd daemon. I also am trying to install alsa. My problem is my sound card nowhere in the /dev tree. I checked out the /proc/pci file and it appears in there. what am i doing wrong? I have a gigabyte ga7vrxp motherboard with a VIA KT333 Memory/AGP/PCI Controller (PAC), and a VIA VT8233A(CE) Integrated Peripheral Controller (PSIPC). and i have 5 PCI slots supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant, and my io control is IT8705. in the /dev tree the sound dir is empty. when i run alsactl store it complains i have no sound card.

thanx joe

looked up your mobo, looks like this is your sound card

Creative CT5880 PCI sound controller

if so, then it looks like you are starting on the wrong end w/alsa. try

alsaconf

configure the card, then

alsamixer

unmute and set default volumes, then

alsactl store

to store your settings.

good luck.

Hi,

No i have disabled my onboard sound because i have a terratec-dmx-6fire. A low latency sound card with a breakout box. I installed the alsa-1.0.4 driver, the alsa-1.0.4 libraries, then the alsa-1.0.4 utilities. I set up a bootscript for alsactl so i can save and load mixer settings on bootup bootdown. I new the script would complain if i didn't have a /etc/asound.state file so i did this

touch /etc/asound.state &&
alsactl store

then it complains

alsactl:save_state:1061:No Sound cards found...

if a run
$ls -a /dev/sound
$.. .

thats all i get my dmx-6fire shows up in my /proc/pci file.
what's up? How do i get the device nodes for the card I followed the alsa instructions for the driver installation made necessary additions to my /etc/modules.conf, and ran depmod. The only deviation was i was trying to make my own boot script.

thanx, joe

di you actually run the alsaconf program, sounds like it can't find the card. about /dev/sound, i don't have one either, i do have /dev/dsp, which i believe would be the sound device.

Hi,

Yes i ran alsaconf and got

$alsaconf
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 33: [:too many arguments
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 35: [:too many arguments
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 176: which: command not found
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 179: which: command not found
Erorr, dialog, or whiptail not found
$

I have no idea what it means, so i am confused. For the /dev/sound I use devfs and i beleive all the symlinks it creates are there. The devfsd daemon the should create symlinks for the old naming scheme like /dev/dsp. How can i tell if the alsa modules actually loaded?

thanx, joe

Go to
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...module=ice1712

Try to compile ALSA again but use the instructions from the link above.

What does "/sbin/lsmod" or "cat /proc/modules" lists.

Hi,

Alright thanks man i don't know why i didn't follow those in the first place. my whole mess is sort of solved. The only problem i have is those modules don't load at boot or when i request the sound card. I have to manually load them. I set up my /etc/modules.conf file as described by alsa. I ran depmod -a and that didn't work. I should also memtion these are the first modules i have installed outside the modules included in the kernel source. I feel I should also mention I'm using linux-2.4.25 now.

thanx, joe