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Old 05-08-2004, 08:50 PM   #1
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Alsa 1.0.4 on stock install porblem


I've just reinstalled Linux recently, updated to dropline gnome and ran swaret to get everything up to date but ALSA doesn't seem to like me much.

Each time I try to run alsaconf I get :
Code:
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
modinfo: snd: no module by that name found
Then the config loads up and tells me :
Code:
No supported PnP or PCI card found.
Would you like to probe legacy ISA sound cards/chips?
Could anyone help me here?

I have 2 soundcards, a Soundblaster Live 5.1 and a soundblaste Audigy (that I need because I use it's firewire port, but the card it not mine so setting the Live one is the priority).
 
Old 05-08-2004, 10:27 PM   #2
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Do you have your soundcore module loaded ?

Just enable sound in the kernel and download the drivers,utilities, and libs from the alsa site. There should be a page on how to setup the live as well
 
Old 05-09-2004, 12:02 AM   #3
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I got the same thing, but just try skipping that step and running alsamixer, Worked for me.

-Hope this helps.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:54 AM   #4
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slackwarefan- I tried but to no avail it gave me
Code:
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Last edited by Dullin; 05-09-2004 at 08:58 AM.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 01:01 PM   #5
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You could upgrade to kernel 2.4.26 (I am assuming your using 2.4.22 since you said it was a stock install) and then reinstall alsa.

MagicMan

edit: You can use swaret to upgrade the kernel if you want (some have good luck doing it this way, others don't). Just edit your swaret.conf and comment out EXCLUDE=kernel then run swaret --upgrade kernel.

Last edited by fcaraballo; 05-09-2004 at 01:09 PM.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 06:41 PM   #6
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Duffy - I checked lsmod
Code:
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
ppp_synctty             6016   0  (unused)
ppp_async               7552   1
ppp_generic            15452   3  [ppp_synctty ppp_async]
slhc                    5040   0  [ppp_generic]
soundcore               3332   0  (autoclean)
keybdev                 1952   0  (unused)
mousedev                4244   1
hid                    21156   0  (unused)
usbmouse                2008   0  (unused)
input                   3200   0  [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
sbp2                   17100   0  (unused)
emu10k1-gp              1352   0  (unused)
gameport                1452   0  [emu10k1-gp]
ohci1394               24200   0  (unused)
ieee1394               42436   0  [sbp2 ohci1394]
via-rhine              13552   1
mii                     2304   0  [via-rhine]
crc32                   2880   0  [via-rhine]
uhci                   24496   0  (unused)
usbcore                58400   1  [hid usbmouse uhci]
pcmcia_core            40032   0
ide-scsi                9424   0
agpgart                39576   0  (unused)
and lspci
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
00:0e.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03)
00:0e.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 01)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT86C100A [Rhine] (rev 06)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 23)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 23)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE] (rev a1)
I can see that both soundcore and emu10k1 are there ... and the soundcards are also detected so I really have no clue why this isn't working.

Magicman- I tried compiling the 2.6.5 kernel but it was the same.

Last edited by Dullin; 05-09-2004 at 06:58 PM.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:45 PM   #7
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just curious, what happens when you do:

modinfo snd-emu10k1

does it return anything?

edit: just occured to me that the emu10k1-gp is not an alsa module, as it does not have the snd- prefix. try doing:

rmmod emu10k1-gp

and then:

modprobe snd-emu10k1

then try running alsaconf. also be sure to refer to this page:

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...module=emu10k1

hope this helps!

Last edited by 46&2; 05-09-2004 at 08:53 PM.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:49 PM   #8
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Quote:
Originally posted by 46&2
just curious, what happens when you do:

modinfo snd-emu10k1

does it return anything?
Code:
modinfo: snd-emu10k1: no module by that name found

Mmmh... that would possibly be a problem I guess...
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:53 PM   #9
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refer to my edit above. good luck!
 
Old 05-09-2004, 08:59 PM   #10
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When I do the modprobe snd-emu10k1 I get

Code:
modprobe: Can't locate module snd-emu10k1
Is that normal or is some packaged misinstalled?
 
Old 05-09-2004, 09:04 PM   #11
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it isn't normal, and it isn't bad either, it just means you haven't compiled your alsa driver yet. instructions for doing that are in link i sent, but i'll post them here. this command is done from within the unpacked alsa-driver directory.

./configure --with-cards=emu10k1 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install

be sure to refer to that alsa configuration site. they've made things really easy to understand, far better than i ever could have done.

edit: i'll be watching this thread for about another hour or so, so if you have any questions, i'm here to help! again, good luck!

Last edited by 46&2; 05-09-2004 at 09:08 PM.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 09:19 PM   #12
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I just tried removig the pakcage with swaret and rebooting but alsaconf still works ....

I'm gonna try to get the packages manually and install them right now.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 09:28 PM   #13
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if you're using slacwkare 9.1, one thing you could do is go get their .tgz packages for alsa from a slackware-current directory on an ftp site. here is a link to the one i use:

ftp://slackware.oregonstate.edu/pub/...ent/slackware/

from there, you need alsa-driver, alsa-library, and alsa-oss .tgz packages located in the "l" (lower-case L) directory. you will also need the alsa-utilities .tgz package, which is in the ap directory. after you've got those downloaded to the same directory, cd to wherever you saved them (mine was /home/chris/downloads/alsa) and then:

su
(type root password)
/sbin/pkgtool

then select the option that says "install packages from current directory". once that is done, use alsamixer to change the sound levels, then use alsactl to store the mixer settings, which is done by issuing the command:

alsactl store

then reboot, and it should work.
 
Old 05-09-2004, 09:38 PM   #14
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Yay! it works now!

I just compiled from the sources by the site and everything went great ...

I dunno why swaret wouldn't do it though ... I think that it might have something to do with dropline Gnome wich also tried to install alsa 1.0.4

Anyway, up to the config of 2.6.5 now!

Sorry, this was kinda a problem, sry to have wasten your time!
 
Old 05-09-2004, 09:43 PM   #15
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not a problem, i'm happy to have helped!
 
  


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