Ok,
Mabye this is just me but here's my dillema.
I have RedHat 8.0
[root@hal hazen]#uname -a
Linux hal.guru.homelinux.com 2.4.18-17.8.0smp #1 SMP Tue Oct 8 10:52:32
EDT 2002 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[root@hal hazen]#
Ok,
now over at www.freshrpms.net they have the following rpms for alsa,
I've checked my dependencies and I'm good.
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alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5-fr1.i386.rpm
alsa-kernel-smp-0.9.0rc5-fr1_2.4.18_17.8.0.athlon.rpm
alsa-lib-0.9.0rc5-fr1.i386.rpm
alsa-lib-devel-0.9.0rc5-fr1.i386.rpm
alsaplayer-0.99.72-fr2.i386.rpm
alsa-utils-0.9.0rc5-fr1.i386.rpm
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After installing them via good ol' rpm I get the following error when
trying to run alsamixer.
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alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
directory
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the output of my /proc/modules
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snd-pcm-oss 43876 0 (unused)
snd-pcm 86720 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-timer 16392 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-mixer-oss 15736 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd 42412 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-timer
snd-mixer-oss]
sr_mod 18200 0 (autoclean)
emu10k1 73032 1 (autoclean)
sound 77708 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
ac97_codec 13512 0 (autoclean) [emu10k1]
soundcore 7108 7 (autoclean) [snd emu10k1 sound]
autofs 13668 0 (autoclean) (unused)
3c59x 31344 1
iptable_filter 2412 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ip_tables 15672 1 [iptable_filter]
ide-scsi 10640 0
ide-cd 33640 0
cdrom 34176 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
st 31440 0 (unused)
nls_iso8859-1 3516 3 (autoclean)
nls_cp437 5148 3 (autoclean)
vfat 13276 3 (autoclean)
fat 40056 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
mousedev 5688 1
keybdev 2976 0 (unused)
hid 22404 0 (unused)
input 6240 0 [mousedev keybdev hid]
usb-ohci 22056 0 (unused)
usbcore 80512 1 [hid usb-ohci]
ext3 72992 4
jbd 56688 4 [ext3]
aic7xxx 138356 0 (unused)
qla2200 269348 0
sd_mod 13552 0
scsi_mod 110376 6 [sr_mod ide-scsi st aic7xxx qla2200
sd_mod]
[root@hal hazen]#
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Now, I've run the ./sndevices script and I've tried to use modprobe to
install the modules however I get an error there too (Perhaps they are
already loaded?).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
modprobe snd-emu10k1
/lib/modules/2.4.18-17.8.0smp/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.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/2.4.18-17.8.0smp/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o:
insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.18-17.8.0smp/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o
failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-17.8.0smp/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o:
insmod snd-emu10k1 failed
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Here is my silly / stupid rant. All of the ALSA documentation is for
Linux-2.2.x now why hasen't anyone changed it to be 2.4.x compliant?
Char-Major/Minor devices are anitquated and no longer used to my
knoledge anyway (correct me if I'm wrong please!). I've read all the
documentation, I've tried everything I can think of and thats why I'm
posting to this list, as I hope there is someone out there whom can show
me the error's of my ways (yes I chmod'ed the entries in the dev
directory to ensure correct permissions were set on /dev/mixer,
/dev/midi /dev/...) So if some one has any idea ?
Oh here's another oddity that may help. When I install alsa-xmms I get
the following error on startup and xmms will not start.
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[root@hal hazen]# rpm -Uvh alsa-xmms-0.9.5-fr1.i386.rpm
warning: alsa-xmms-0.9.5-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID
e42d547b
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
1:alsa-xmms ###########################################
[100%]
[root@hal hazen]# xmms
** WARNING **: snd_mixer_attach: No such file or directory
[root@hal hazen]# f
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So I know I'm missing something I just cant wrap my head around the
issue. the entries are there (and according to the documentation) are
correct (those in /dev) the module cannot load.
In the interim I'm trying on linux-2.5.43 for size as alsa is
"Compiled-in" with the kernel. However I would like to resolve this with
my stock installation.
Sincerely,
Hazen Vallaint-Saunders
~Sig goes here.
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