LinuxQuestions.org - ALS4000 // ALSA // Slackware 10.0

"Hi my name is gFresh and I'm a Linux noob" (well actually it's Jamie but...)

After googling for a few hours, and reading this thread
h.t.t.p.:././.w.w.w.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=134753&perpage=15&highlight=als4000&pagenumber=1
I have decided I am completely lost, and I'm hoping someone here can help me out.

I'm not sure what you need to know about my box so here is a start;
PIII 800Hz,
192MB RAM,
Dual boot: Slackware 10.0 with Windows 2000 (separate physical drives)
LILO as bootloader
Sound Card is an Avance Logic ALS4000.

I have downloaded the packages on this page
h.t.t.p.:././.w.w.w.slackware.com/pb/search.php?vers=slackware-current&string=alsa Thanks to some help from a guy in my #local, the directory "/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/sound" now contains these;

Code:

ac97.o                cs4232.o      maui.o          sgalaxy.o

ac97_codec.o          cs4281        mpu401.o        sonicvibes.o

ac97_plugin_ad1980.o  cs46xx.o      msnd.o          sound.o

ac97_plugin_wm97xx.o  emu10k1      msnd_classic.o  soundcore.o

aci.o                es1370.o      msnd_pinnacle.o  sscape.o

ad1816.o              es1371.o      nm256_audio.o    trident.o

ad1848.o              esssolo1.o    opl3.o          trix.o

ad1889.o              forte.o      opl3sa.o        uart401.o

adlib_card.o          gus.o        opl3sa2.o        uart6850.o

aedsp16.o            i810_audio.o  pas2.o          v_midi.o

ali5455.o            kahlua.o      pss.o            via82cxxx_audio.o

awe_wave.o            mad16.o      rme96xx.o        wavefront.o

btaudio.o            maestro.o    sb.o            ymfpci.o

cmpci.o              maestro3.o    sb_lib.o

Output from lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted

ac97                    2944  0  (unused)

via-rhine              12464  1

mii                    2272  0  [via-rhine]

crc32                  2880  0  [via-rhine]

ohci1394              24112  0  (unused)

ieee1394              42276  0  [ohci1394]

parport_pc            14788  0

parport                23336  0  [parport_pc]

uhci                  24444  0  (unused)

usbcore                59308  1  [uhci]

pcmcia_core            39972  0

ide-scsi                9328  0

agpgart                43940  0  (unused)

/etc/modules.conf is empty

Also it may be worth mentioning that this afternoon the guy helping me told me a whole bunch of stuff to type in which got the mixer working - I could hear changes in the volume of my speakers but still no actual "sound" from them. The computer has since been rebooted and I think all the changes he made are now gone (since I now get the following error when I type in alsamixer)

Code:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Thanks,
gFresh

** edit **
sorry about the urls, I had to get around the 5 post thing to show you guys the relevant info.