ALSA problem (u r my last hope) !!

Underhill · 09-09-2004, 12:06 PM

Hey,

I'm having problem with ALSA too. I'm using SID. When i run alsaconf, it detects the soundcard (CS46xx) but in the end it gives the error as the following:

Code:

Running update-modules...
Loading driver...
Restoring ALSA mixer settings ... failed:
       You may want to run 'alsactl restore' manually to view any errors.
Setting default volumes...
Saving the mixer setup used for this in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1061: No soundcards found...

Here's my /etc/modules

Code:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.

ide-cd
ide-generic
sd_mod

Here's the lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq                54000  0
lp                     11176  0
pppoe                  14528  2
pppox                   3720  1 pppoe
ipv6                  264612  15
af_packet              22600  2
ppp_generic            30164  6 pppoe,pppox
slhc                    7488  1 ppp_generic
usb_storage            68832  0
snd_cs46xx             91976  0
snd_rawmidi            25156  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_seq_device          8200  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec         70020  1 snd_cs46xx
snd_pcm_oss            55048  0
snd_mixer_oss          20096  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                98728  2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25668  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    57156  9 snd_seq,snd_cs46xx,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         11752  2 snd_cs46xx,snd_pcm
gameport                4704  1 snd_cs46xx
piix                   13440  1
hw_random               5460  0
uhci_hcd               33136  0
shpchp                101996  0
pciehp                 99084  0
pci_hotplug            34640  2 shpchp,pciehp
intel_agp              22752  0
intel_mch_agp          10608  1
agpgart                34696  2 intel_agp,intel_mch_agp
parport_pc             35392  1
parport                41832  2 lp,parport_pc
floppy                 61200  0
tsdev                   7392  0
mousedev               10476  2
psmouse                20360  0
pcspkr                  3592  0
evdev                   9600  0
ehci_hcd               32004  0
usbcore               119012  5 usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
cs46xx                 70028  0
soundcore              10336  2 snd,cs46xx
ac97_codec             18956  1 cs46xx
tulip                  47168  0
crc32                   4320  1 tulip
nls_iso8859_1           4032  1
nls_cp437               5696  1
vfat                   14656  1
fat                    46784  1 vfat
dm_mod                 59772  0
capability              4520  0
commoncap               7232  1 capability
ide_generic             1408  0
ide_cd                 42656  0
ide_core              139940  4 usb_storage,piix,ide_generic,ide_cd
cdrom                  40732  1 ide_cd
rtc                    12760  0
ext3                  127240  1
jbd                    62616  1 ext3
mbcache                 9348  1 ext3
sd_mod                 21696  4
ata_piix                8164  3
libata                 41604  1 ata_piix
scsi_mod              125068  3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata
unix                   28692  298
font                    8320  0
vesafb                  6656  0
cfbcopyarea             3840  1 vesafb
cfbimgblt               3040  1 vesafb
cfbfillrect             3776  1 vesafb

OneManArmy · 09-09-2004, 12:34 PM

Hello there,
Usually this problem results from incorrectly loading your soundcard OSS module
instead of the ALSA one.
I think I know where is your problem. Your lsmod shows the following entry :

Code:

soundcore              10336  2 snd,cs46xx

cs46xx is an OSS module that should NOT be loaded. I have checked the kernel
modules using modconf and I found that it lies in "/kernel/sound/oss". However,
there exists as well the module snd_cs46xx in "kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx". The
later is the correct one that you should use.
Hope this helps, keep me updated.

Underhill · 09-10-2004, 02:38 AM

Hi OneManArmy, thanks for checking that out. I've removed cs46xx OSS module but still doesn't work

wensveen · 09-10-2004, 04:11 AM

For me, /usr/share/alsa-base/snddevices worked. I ran it before posting to this forum, but I had to reboot of course, which I hadn't.
I think I messed it up trying to chown and chmod some devices.

Also, I purged modutils (and with that the 2.4 kernel that I never, ever used anymore

). Now I don't need to manage both modutils and module-init-tools, which makes life a lot better.
Thanks for all the help.

Matthijs.

OneManArmy · 09-10-2004, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Underhill
Hi OneManArmy, thanks for checking that out. I've removed cs46xx OSS module but still doesn't work

How did u remove the cs46xx OSS module? Did You use "rmmod" or You uninstalled it using "modconf" ? I suspect you did the former !!

Underhill · 09-10-2004, 01:03 PM

I did with modconf

How to rmmod?

OneManArmy · 09-10-2004, 01:15 PM

Forget about rmmod, could you post your "lsmod" output now that you have removed that OSS module?
Sorry for the multiple questions , I am just tryin to help

Underhill · 09-11-2004, 02:01 AM

Hi,

I'm having trouble starting my XFree86 now. Forget about ALSA, i'm going to reinstall Debian. I"m staying with Sarge after this.

Thanks for your replies anyway. I really appreciate it.

wensveen · 09-11-2004, 05:32 AM

Hi again. I seem to have unconsciously added snd-cmicpi to /etc/modules, but strangely I can't remember doing this. This made things work, but I can't remember ever having to load the module in this fashion. I always thought modprobe.d/alsa-base and modprobe.d/sound were responsible for module loading.
OneManArmy, is it customary to have the Alsa driver loaded in /etc/modules?