Hi,
I am using Compaq Presario laptop with i810 AC97' sound card.
I am trying to install latest version alsa into my computer (1.0.4). In the alsa Sound Martix Howto for Intel810, it says:
1. Introduction:
The ALSA drivers are designed to provide audio functionality for the Linux kernel. Linux audio developers found significant flaws in the design of the older OSS drivers and created ALSA from scratch. After 2 complete code overhauls they were integrated into kernel 2.6.0 at the start of 2003 replacing the now deprecated OSS drivers.
There are two ways of getting Linux drivers to work, you can either compile them into the kernel or build them separately as modules. Read the Kernel-HOWTO for details of how to compile a kernel. Associated software such as alsa-lib, alsa-utils, alsa-tools, alsa-oss, alsa-firmware must be downloaded seperately from the mainpage.
DO I HAVE TO COMPILE MY KERNEL AGAIN FOR ALSA ( I AM USING 2.4.20-30.9 KERNEL )?
2. Quick Install
Most modern distros come with soundcore compiled as a module. You can check this in numerous ways. The easiest way is to type.
modinfo soundcore
If this command returns that you have this module, then you don't need to recompile your kernel.
THERE IS NO "MODINFO" COMMAND IN MY REDHAT 9!
Unzip and install the alsa-driver package
DONE
Now unzip and install the alsa-lib package
DONE
Now unzip and install the alsa-utils package
DONE
Now insert the modules into the kernel.
modprobe snd-intel8x0;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
THERE IS NO "MODPROBE" COMMAND IN MY REDHAT 9!
Setting up modprobe and kmod support
Here's the example for this card. Copy and paste this to the bottom of your /etc/modules.conf file.
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
# 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
DONE
AFTER I USE "alsamixer", THERE IS STILL NO SOUND!
WHEN I RUN THE SOUND TEST IN SOUND DETECTION, IT SAYS "SOUND DRIVER IS NOT SUPPORTED UNDER REDHAT9" OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I also go through the tutorial for installing alsa for redhat9 at
http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planet...#configurealsa
After I run "alsaconf", it detect my soundcard, and says install successfully. But when I try to start the service use command:"/etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start"
error accurs:
"Starting sound driver: snd-intel8x0 /lib/modules/2.4.20-30.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-30.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-30.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-30.9/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod snd-intel8x0 failed
done"
ANY SOLUTIONS?? THANK YOU!!!