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Originally posted by dr_angus
# modprobe snd-azx
FATAL: Module snd_azx not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_azx
I try modprobe -l snd, and it returns nothing
Just reading this thread (no real knowledge re Deb -- I use Fedora), but the change from "-" in your input to "_" in the error message seemed strange to me. Is this something you'd expect to see?
# dpkg -l |grep alsa
ii alsa-base 1.0.8-7 ALSA driver configuration files
ii alsa-headers 1.0.8-7 transitional dummy package that can be safel
ii alsa-oss 1.0.8-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
ii alsa-source 1.0.8-7 ALSA driver sources
ii alsa-utils 1.0.8-4 ALSA utilities
I think something is missing from your kernel. Maybe you need to install kernel headers? I'm not sure, I always compile my kernel from source because I need to install the nvidia driver.
Someone else had a similar problem recently which was solved by compiling the kernel. See this thread:
It could also be the oss module being in the way. Add "skip i810_audio" to /etc/discover.conf and "i810_audio" to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/alsa-base and reboot to see what happens. Or just rmmod the i810_audio module and try alsaconf.
# dpkg -l |grep alsa
ii alsa-base 1.0.8-7 ALSA driver configuration files
ii alsa-headers 1.0.8-7 transitional dummy package that can be safel
ii alsa-oss 1.0.8-1 ALSA wrapper for OSS applications
ii alsa-source 1.0.8-7 ALSA driver sources
ii alsa-utils 1.0.8-4 ALSA utilities
You've also got a mixture of alsa packages... maybe start over with a fresh alsa recompile...?
ok, here's an update: i re-installed the kernel and alsa through apt-get, and I think it got better, but it still doesn't work.
Whenever I run alsaconf now, it shows a scanning progress bar, but still doesn't find anything, better than before, where no progress bar would appear, and errors would appear on the console(ex. modinfo: could not find module snd
modinfo: could not find module snd-opl3sa2 )
Now I try to # modprobe snd-azx, I still get:
FATAL: Module snd_azx not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_azx
but all other modules load fine, exept modprobe snd-hda-intel, but still no sound comes out, and alsaconf finds nothing.
I did to change /etc/discover.conf, but that didn't work either.
I'm going to install alsa from source tomorow see if I have any luck with that. Should I remove the deb pakcages first, or is it fine if I leave them?
Thanks for the help so far guys, if you have any more sugestions please let me know
this page has a linux installer. It's basicaly alsa-driver, alsa-lib, and alsa-utils source packages with a convinient "install" script. All it does is compile the packages with the right modules, and run alsa-conf.
I actualy tried this installer before, but it failed, probably because of a compiling error. Because of the script it just plowed right through, without letting me know. Thankfuly, when I was trying to build manualy from source, I managed to fix these requirements, utill I ran into some other crap and decided to try the installer again.
Thanks to you all VERY much for helping a brotha out (man, wheres the kissy smiley?)
crap, sound broke again.
when it worked, i ran alsa mixer, and I punched up the volumes for the front, rear and surround channels, and there was sound!
I shut down, and when I came back, sound was broke again. I tried runing alsa mixer, and there was only the master volume and the front chanel, and turning both of them does nothing. I tried re-instaling from apt-get, source, the cool installer, and a combination of them, but with no success.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Are the modules loaded? Try lsmod and look for the snd mods. If they are not there, you should try to load them with modprobe. You can put the names of modules that you want to load at boot time in /etc/modules.
Or just run alsaconf and it'll load the modules for you.
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