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I am running Slack 9.1 with kernel 2.6.5. I couldn't get ALSA working with the kernel drivers so I compiled the drivers that I downloaded. There was no problem during the compilation and inserting the modules. When I do 'alsaconf', the sound card is detected as
Check in /proc/asound/ to see what, and how many, cards are listed there. Your actual sound card may be listed as "card1" or "card2".
By default, alsamixer uses card0. You may have to open it with the command:
alsamixer -c cardX
...where "X" is the card number under which your actual sound card is set up.
I noticed that, if you enable other sound drivers in the kernel, such as "CONFIG_SND_DUMMY" (the "dummy" midi sound driver under "Generic Devices"), that driver may be set up as card0, and may bump your actual sound card to a higher card number, such as card1 or card2.
it is not working. regarding the '/proc/asound' directory, i didn't quite understand what you wanted me to look for. but i tried this:
Code:
cat /proc/asound/cards
--- no soundcards ---
does it mean that my sound card is not detected. i get the following message after alsaconf
Code:
Loading driver...
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 657: rcalsasound: command not found
Setting default volumes...
I executed the 'snddevices' script and it set everything right. the thing is oss drivers work fine with xmms and mplayer, but i want alsa for some applications.
I am also gettting the above problem. I run alsaconf and am asked if I want to check for legacy PCI cards and then it returns.
my /proc/asound/cards lists no soundcards. I have a soundblaster live (emu10k1) which is being detected by the sound card detection program... Any ideas. I have been tinkering and am almost given up on ever having sound
I have deleted all the ALSA stuff and downloaded it from scratch. its 1.05 and am building it. still have the no soundcard error in my proc/asound/cards so alsamixer and aumix are both not still working?
I am using the 10.0. I got same error as you. Below is what I have done to get ALSA working:
1. disable the sound card module in hotplug. This is done to add snd-intel8x0, snd-intel8x0m to the hotplug blacklist. Add 2 lines in the /etc/hotplug/blacklist:
snd-intel8x0
snd-intel8x0m
2. insert module snd-intel8x0 manually. Add a line to /etc/rc.d/rc.lcoal:
/sbin/modprobe snd-intel8x0
Thxs for the suggestion, I tried this and there is no sound.
I have been able to get y alsamixer and stuff to correctly display. I tried unmuting and there is not sound... my sound card detection program is now crashing when I run it
Originally posted by pigelet Thxs for the suggestion, I tried this and there is no sound.
I have been able to get y alsamixer and stuff to correctly display. I tried unmuting and there is not sound... my sound card detection program is now crashing when I run it
pigelet
arghh-> all I want is some sound
My sound was working when i installed SuSE 9.1. But everytime i played an MP3 it was giving me some noises. So i decided to run alsaconf to check.
After that my sound is not working anymore.
I have the same card also...
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