Hello,

I have "successfully" compiled my new kernel. But when I try to play MP3 using XMMS. I just hear a hissing sound. ( hiiiisssssssssssssssssssss ). When I also do "cat name_of_mp3_file.mp3 > /dev/dsp , I still hear the hissing sound. I compiled
"Sound Card Support" and ALL under ALSA as modules ( except "OSS Sequence API" which cant be compiled as a module ). Help Me !

Thanks

try messing around with the alsamixer settings

still the same . i've almost turned all of them off.

and it also looks like htttp://www.alsa-project.org is down ?. Mozilla says "Connection Refused" . What else could happned to me?

could you post the output of lspci and lsmod plz

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root@nebula:/home/marco# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 21)
00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB Controller (rev 07)
00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7001 USB Controller (rev 07)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 530 Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS630 GUI Accelerator+3D (rev 21)
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root@nebula:/home/marco# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 4800 0
zlib_deflate 21816 1 ppp_deflate
zlib_inflate 21440 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 5376 0
ppp_async 10016 0
sis 55360 2
snd_pcm_oss 50408 0
snd_mixer_oss 18176 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_cmipci 29796 1
snd_pcm 87744 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_cmipci
snd_page_alloc 9160 1 snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib 9248 1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer 21984 2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep 7456 1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart 6240 1 snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi 20768 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6724 2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd 47652 10 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_ra wmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7328 2 snd
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All looks ok doesn't it?! Sorry, not sure what to suggest. I have an onboard cmedia sndcard on my box too but I don't use it 'cos my basic soundblaster works better. I had to use oss drivers on the 2.4.24 kernel to get it to work :~[

Now what ? I recompiled the kernel and compiled "Sound Card Support" into the kernel. But when I boot to the newly compiled kernel. B00m ! Blank Screen ! What happened ? There is NO disk activity. Numlock is ON and ALT CTRL DEL won't restart my PC. Seems like bad luck likes me.

does ctrl+alt+F6 work? are you familiar with the kernel setup you have? sometimes you get no display if you do not comiple the vesa framebuffer into your kernel.
edit: ctrl+alt+del is normally disabled by commenting out a line in /etc/inittab, or has it completely crashed?

I "vga=normal" in the lilo.conf and it's alright now. Problem left is the ALSA noise problem. Sort of "Static Noise". It's like the sound of the TV when I go to channel 0

As a last resort I would suggest using the oss driver. They do the same thing anyway!

yeah .. I"ll recompile the kernel NOW and change to OSS
is ALSA better than OSS ?

In short, yes but not noticeably to end users. Here's an informative link.
Note: It was written before 2.6 kernel

d00msweek, you should compile your kernel with sound support but not select ALSA or OSS, instead download alsa-driver and compile them as (that's independant from your kernel compilation) modules. It's better to do that way so you can keep easily up-to-date with ALSA versions without touching the kernel.
Also KDE (it's arts daemon) was known to have some troubles with sounds (at least that happened to me with the default version)

I've tried the command "cat filename.mp3 > /dev/dsp" before when I tried to get my soundcard working, and when it did work correctly that command just gave static. Try something like "mpg321 filename.mp3"