Cannot compile alsa driver? It gives an error :(

otchie1 · 10-10-2004, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sys7em
Now that's a situation ...so there is no hope for my soundcard huh .... damn it ...
Anyway is there a site where I can check that my onboard soundcard is nut supported by kernel 2.6.8.1 and alsa ??

You could give the HCL here a go but I don't know of any other compatbility site outside of SuSe's.

Cedrik · 10-10-2004, 02:20 PM

Here are the alsa drivers for audio cards (from ./configure --help)
--with-cards=<list> compile driver for cards in <list>;
cards may be separated with commas;
'all' compiles all drivers;
Possible cards are:
seq-dummy, dummy, virmidi, mtpav, serial-u16550,
mpu401, serialmidi, ad1816a, ad1848, cs4231,
cs4232, cs4236, es968, es1688, es18xx,
gusclassic, gusextreme, gusmax, interwave,
interwave-stb, opti92x-ad1848, opti92x-cs4231,
opti93x, sb8, sb16, sbawe, wavefront, als100,
azt2320, cmi8330, dt019x, opl3sa2, sgalaxy,
sscape, pc98-cs4232, msnd-pinnacle, ali5451,
atiixp, atiixp-modem, au8810, au8820, au8830,
azt3328, bt87x, cs46xx, cs4281, emu10k1,
korg1212, mixart, nm256, rme32, rme96, rme9652,
hdsp, trident, ymfpci, als4000, cmipci, ens1370,
ens1371, es1938, es1968, maestro3, fm801,
fm801-tea575x, ice1712, ice1724, intel8x0,
intel8x0m, sonicvibes, via82xx, vx222, pdplus,
hdspm, emu10k1x, audigyls, azx, powermac,
sa11xx-uda1341, usb-audio, usb-usx2y, vxpocket,
vxp440, pdaudiocf, sun-amd7930, sun-cs4231,
harmony
Possible additional options are:
sb16-csp, cs46xx-new-dsp

So try a ./configure --with-cards=via82xx, then make, then make install
after that, run /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa stop, /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa start, then alsaconf, alsamixer...

otchie1 · 10-10-2004, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cedrik
So try a ./configure --with-cards=via82xx, then make, then make install
after that, run /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa stop, /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa start, then alsaconf, alsamixer...

That'll often get you as far as a modprobe snd-via82xx at which stage it'll complain about unknown symbols. Or you could reboot and see them fail in dmesg. Or maybe not.

sys7em · 10-10-2004, 04:29 PM

Quote:

So I try a ./configure --with-cards=via82xx, then make, then make install
after that, run /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa stop, /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa start, then alsaconf, alsamixer...

I did as cedrik told me and ..nothing ..I compile asla succesfully .. but when i try to alsaconf ..nothing happens .. I mean it gets somethnig about PnP card and shit and I choose no ..and it returns me to the console ..next I type alsamixer and it gets me :

Code:

root@mx:/home/sys7em# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
root@mx:/home/sys7em#

when i modprobe :

Code:

root@mx:/home/sys7em# modprobe snd-via82xx

It loads succsefully the module ..but no sound is available at all ...
and here is my lspci ..

Code:

root@mx:/# lspci
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]
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: MYSON Technology Inc SURECOM EP-320X-S 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter
00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: MYSON Technology Inc SURECOM EP-320X-S 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to 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 18)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 18)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 18)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 GTS/Pro] (rev a4)
root@mx:/#

I´m desperate ..really

sys7em · 10-10-2004, 04:33 PM

Oh ..and I forgot to tell that I could not restart alsa with
/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa stop, /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa start
It says that there´s no such file or directory .... so I decided to boot the whole system .. but that is not so important I think ... Please help ..

gbonvehi · 10-10-2004, 04:39 PM

rc.alsa is included in the alsa packages so if you removed them and compiled by hand you won't have them. Take a look at this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...70#post1205370
I pasted the file rc.alsa there.

sys7em · 10-10-2004, 05:18 PM

Ohuuhuh yeeeesss ..Oh Haaaappppppy day

) I got that f*** sound to work ... where was the problem? ..well .. I was ./configure alsa with the wrong module for my card .. the true module was ens1371 ... I compiled it with that module ..next I ran alsaconf , alsamixer and ...here comes the triky part .. you have to load the sound module with modprobe snd-ens1371 ... and restart alsa ... if you don't want to do this every time you boot linux ... you have to put it in rc.local ..

Now I have sound and kernel 2.6.8.1 ..cool huh ..here's a screenshot:
http://themlg.net/~offroad/tmp/sound.png

Quote:

rc.alsa is included in the alsa packages so if you removed them and compiled by hand you won't have them. Take a look at this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...370#post1205370

Thanks gbonvehi .. I created the rc.alsa file but now when I point to restart alsa it says permission denied ..and I'm root ..can you help me with that ... I don't want to reboot the whole system when I need to restart only the alsa deamon ..10x

And also I would like to say thanks to all who tryed to help me ....

Thank you people!

otchie1 · 10-10-2004, 05:28 PM

Yep,

Code:

00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)

well done for getting it singing at ya.

gbonvehi · 10-10-2004, 05:40 PM

You have to make it executable by typing: chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa
Forgot to say, if you don't have this file mixer settings won't be loaded at startup so if you rebooted and the sound is muted don't worry it was that this file was missing (in your case, it isn't executable).

timsoft · 10-11-2004, 02:50 AM

great.! glad you got sorted. I should of thought to lspci just to double check
the sound chip myself. oh well, its great to be a newbie :-)