When you (S.B.)did the ./configure step for your ALSA 1.06 driver Install, did you use the command
"./configure --with-cards=emu10k1x --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install"
As soon as I get my kernel packages installed on SUSE 9.1 that is hwat I was going to try. Thanks for directing me here btw

Yes, this is exactly the command I used

I'm bringing up this thread again.
I just upgraded to Mandrake 10.1, which should have the alsa 1.0.6 driver. According to this thread and info on creative.com the Dell card should now be supported. Well, I still get no sound. The default module that gets loaded is snd-emu10k1. The other possibilities are emu10k1 and audigy. There is nothing called snd-emu10k1x. So how do I get the sound to work now? If it really is possible?

Hans Petter Birkeland

I have tried Mandrake 10.1 with no success. Can you get alsamixergui to run?

I haven't tried that, but I noticed that Alsa doesn't even detect the card. Harddrake does, however. Also, I noticed that there is a emu10k1x.conf file (don't remember the path, I'm at work now). This is the only sign of emu10k1x I have found.

Hans Petter

I'm having difficulty installing Alsa. I am running Debian 2.6.8.1 and have a Dell SB Live! sound card, so the emu10k1x. Sorry for the length. Here is what I've done thus far:

1) I recompiled my kernel. In 'make menuconfig' I selected Sound Support as a module, but did not select Alsa or OSS.
2) I downloaded alsa-drivers, alsa-lib, and alsa-utils from www.alsa-project.org
3) mkdir /usr/src/alsa and unzipped/untarred alsa-drivers, alsa-lib and alsa-utils to the alsa directory.
4) 'cd alsa-driver-1.0.6a' and then './configure --with-cards=emu10k1x --with-sequencer=yes --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1;make;make install'
5) './snddevices'
6) 'chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi'
7) 'cd alsa-lib-1.0.6' and then './configure;make;make install'
8) 'cd alsa-utils-1.0.6' and then './configure;make;make install'
9) 'modprobe snd-emu10k1x;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss'
10) 'alsamixer' and changed the settings to unmute the card and up the volume
11) in debian I created the file '/etc/modutils/alsa and included the following in the file:
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1x
# module options should go here

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

# card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
12) then I ran 'update-modules'
13) next I edited my /etc/init.d/rc.local file to include the 'modprobe...' statements as per above.
14) On reboot when it tried to run the stuff in the rc.local file I received the following error:
FATAL: Error inserting snd_emu10k1x (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1x.ko): Unknown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

If I typed 'dmesg' I got:
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_receive
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_transmit
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_new
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_set_ops

At this point I tried rerunning through the same process as outlined above (including the recompile of the kernel), however, when I got to step 9, the 'modprobe...' stuff gave me a similar error:

snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_receive
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_transmit
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_new
snd_emu10k1x: unknown symbol snd_rawmidi_set_ops
FATAL: Error inserting snd_emu10k1x (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1x.ko): Unknown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

'lsmod' produced
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_oss 32544 -
snd_seq_midi_event 6312 -
snd_seq 49520 -
snd_seq_device 7052 -
snd_pcm_oss 48880 -
snd_mixer_oss 16712 -
snd_pcm 80672 -
snd_timer 21800 -
snd_ac97_codec 62864 -
snd 49508 -
snd_page_alloc 9648 -
nvidia 4817344 -
soundcore 6944 -
slip 10528 -
slhc 6024 -
uhci_hcd 27472 -
usbcore 95796 -
agpgart 27116 -

What am I doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.

I know it's not much help, but I get a similar issue as well.....

If I make any progress I'll post it here!!

I finally got some help on the Alsa-User list. The person who responded sounded experienced and was helping other users install as well.

In response to the unknown symbols, it was clear to this person that the snd_rawmidi module wasn't loaded. What he suggested was that during the --with-cards=emu10k1x step I instead do, --with-cards=emu10k1x,mpu401. The mpu401 includes the rawmidi module as its supposed to. That solved the unknown symbols error.

We then discovered that even though I have a Dell computer, I don't have the emu10k1x card!!!!!! Omg, I feel stupid. I assumed that Dell had their own OEM version they were distributing, I didn't realize the emu10k1x was only for a few computers. The emu10k1 works fine for me as it turns out. Sorry to bother everyone, heh.

Thanks for posting that piece of information!!! It got me working!!!!