Problems with installing alsa

Karolusspelman · 08-10-2010, 10:57 AM

I have problems when installing ALSA. Everthing seems to look ok until I should "insert the modules into the kernel. (I follow this guide http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...dule-hda-intel)
when i type in this command:

modprobe snd-hda-intel ; modprobe snd-pcm-oss ; modprobe snd-mixer-oss ; modprobe snd-seq-oss

I get this:

WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.ko': No such file or directory
WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-codec.ko': No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko': No such file or directory

Can someone help me howto do? Ive seriously tried to figuring it out by myself but yes, I'm kind of a linuxnewbie. Thankful for answers.

Riikard

pandanuma · 08-10-2010, 03:47 PM

need to know what operating system you are running

also, what did you get when you ran

modinfo soundcore

Karolusspelman · 08-10-2010, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pandanuma

need to know what operating system you are running

also, what did you get when you ran

modinfo soundcore

I'm running Debian Lenny on amd64 with NVidia nForce sound card...

I get

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
alias: char-major-14-*
license: GPL
author: Alan Cox
description: Core sound module
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.26-2-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions

when I type modinfo soundcore

pandanuma · 08-10-2010, 05:27 PM

then according to the link you provided to alsa-project,

Quote:

If this command returns that you have this module, then you don't need to recompile your kernel.

asla should already be installed.
do you have sound, can you play music?

Karolusspelman · 08-16-2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pandanuma

then according to the link you provided to alsa-project,

asla should already be installed.
do you have sound, can you play music?

Heh, no i don't..

And when I try to open alsamixer i get this famous message:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory...

Do you have an idea what the problem is?

pandanuma · 08-16-2010, 04:58 PM

from debian site...
http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl....html#no-sound

5.1.8. Sound stops working

In rare cases, sound might stop working after the upgrade. If this happens, go through the ALSA checklist:

* run alsaconf as root user,
* add your user to the audio group,
* make sure the sound channel levels are up and unmuted (using alsamixer),
* make sure arts and esound are not running,
* make sure no OSS modules are loaded,
* make sure the speakers are actually switched on, and
* check whether the command

Code:

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/audio

or the command

Code:

speaker-test

works for root.

after that, you could try to reinstall alsa again

Karolusspelman · 08-17-2010, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pandanuma

from debian site...
http://www.debian.org/releases/stabl....html#no-sound

5.1.8. Sound stops working

In rare cases, sound might stop working after the upgrade. If this happens, go through the ALSA checklist:

* run alsaconf as root user,
* add your user to the audio group,
* make sure the sound channel levels are up and unmuted (using alsamixer),
* make sure arts and esound are not running,
* make sure no OSS modules are loaded,
* make sure the speakers are actually switched on, and
* check whether the command

Code:

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/audio

or the command

Code:

speaker-test

works for root.

after that, you could try to reinstall alsa again

Okey, I've done all that without success. But one thing that was succesful was to download and install the Realtek-audio-driver-pack. Now everything is working ok, alsamixer too... Thanks alot anyway
...
Rrr

pandanuma · 08-17-2010, 11:19 AM

glad you solved it