Installing ALSA and snd-emu10k1 modprobe errors
I am trying to install ALSA on my computer and have run into some errors. First, my computer:
Pentium 4 2.8 ghz 800 mhz FSB Intel 845PERL motherboard SoundBlaster Live! NVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 64 mb 60 gb ATA drive Gentoo 1.4, installed from stage one, brand new [installed last week]. I want to install ALSA v. 0.9.8 on my computer, so i went to the ALSA homepage, downloaded all of the required programs, and installed all of them without a hitch. Now, following the Gentoo Alsa Guide, availilble at the gentoo site [i cannot post the link because this is my first post], i proceeded with the whole installation. Everything went fine, until i got to the part where i had to start alsa from /etc/init.d/alsasound start. here is what happened Code:
bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound start Code:
bash-2.05b# lsmod Code:
bash-2.05b# modprobe snd-emu10k1 Code:
bash-2.05b# amixer I have verified that the module is actually there, and i have looked for the official SoundBlaster Live! driver, which i installed. I have looked around the web for a while, and it seems that this problem is pretty common, because many references have been made, but not easy to solve, because i have not yet seen a response. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
You have to get rid of the OSS modules emu10k1 and ac97_codec before using the ALSA one. Rmmod ac97_codec, emu10k1, unmerge alsa-driver, reconfigure the kernel so only very first entry "sound support"(soundcore module) under sound and nothing else is selected, then do a "make modules && make modules_install", then recompile alsa module and nvidia driver if necessary(can't remember whether it survives a modules_install). Finally do a "depmod -a" then try starting the alsa script again.
Hope this helps |
No, i get the same problem.
When i type dmesg, i get: Code:
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Hi, this is weird, but I also got the same problem with amixer.
I unemerged alsa, double-checked my module in the kernal, recompiled it, but again, same error. I booted into kde and just opened kmixer and just clicked on the main sound and turned up the volume and it worked! give that a shot. |
Ok, i dont have KDE installed, i use WindowMaker as my window manager, but if it helps im going to try it. So im going to install KDE and attempt to use kmixer from there.
Thanks for all the help, Leo |
I installed KDE, and KMixer was able to raise the volume to the max. But since I use WindowMaker, i would prefewr it if I didnt have to open KDE every time that i wanted to raise the volume.
How would i run KMix, a KDE 3.1 app, in WindowMaker? |
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