On 23 Jun 2002 17:12:00 +0300
Aharon Schkolnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Hi.
> 
> I have been successfully using also for quite a while, but I just
> upgraded to Redhat 7.3, a new kernel, and a new version of alsa, and
> now I can't get any sound at all.

What's the exact problem (application and behaviour: error messages, 
"does nothing until killed", seems to play but I don't hear anything)?
 
> Hope someone can help !
> 
> Here are the details:
> 
> 
> 
> Kernel 2.4.18-3 (built it myself)
> 
> alsa-driver-0.9.0rc2          
> alsa-lib-0.9.0rc2   
> alsa-tools-0.9.0rc1
> alsa-utils-0.9.0rc2
> alsa-oss-0.9.0rc1   
> 
> (built them all from source)
> 
> 
> 
> All the modules appear to have loaded properly - here's lsmod:
> 
> 
> #lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
> snd-pcm-oss            41508   1  (autoclean)
> snd-mixer-oss          10944   1  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-intel8x0           13728   2  (autoclean)
> snd-ac97-codec         28836   0  (autoclean) [snd-intel8x0]
> snd-pcm                68256   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
> snd-timer              13888   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm]
> snd-mpu401-uart         4316   0  (autoclean) [snd-intel8x0]
> snd-rawmidi            17120   0  (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device          5532   0  (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi]
> snd                    36296   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss 
>snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi 
>snd-seq-device]
> vmnet                  21600   6
> vmmon                  22260   0  (unused)
> 3c59x                  27656   1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Here's /etc/modules.conf:
> 
> 
> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
> alias eth0 3c59x
> 
> alias char-major-116 snd
> 
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> 
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> 
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> options snd snd_cards_limit=1
> 
> 
> alias char-major-178 mga_vid

<snip> everything looks OK to me :)
 
> #cat /home/aharon/download/tkbiff-3.13/audio/strength.au >/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c
> cat: write error: Invalid argument
> 
> #cat /home/aharon/download/tkbiff-3.13/audio/strength.au >/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> cat: write error: File descriptor in bad state

You can't cat to to/from those devices, use aplay or arecord. Since you have
the OSS emulation modules loaded you can cat to/from /dev/dsp I think.

 
====================================================================================================
> 
> cat /proc/asound/version
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.0rc2.
> Compiled on Jun 23 2002 for kernel 2.4.18-3custom with versioned symbols.

That looks good! Maybe see the INSTALL file about running the snddevices 
script or on how to modify /etc/devfsd.conf if you're using devfs. HTH,

    -Frans


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