hello all, i've been trying to get these ALSA drivers to give me sound for a few days, but i just can't figure out a solution.
i've gone to the alsa-project site, followed the instructions for installing ALSA to function with the SB LIVE! card in my computer, inserted the modules (successfully), and modified my /etc/modules.conf. so my lsmod has the expected ALSA modules in it: Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-seq-midi 4096 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-emu10k1-synth 4956 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-emux-synth 28668 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1-synth] snd-seq-midi-emul 5056 0 (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-virmidi 3400 0 (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-oss 29952 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3520 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq 40304 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss 39300 0 snd-mixer-oss 13560 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-emu10k1 73268 0 [snd-emu10k1-synth] snd-pcm 63200 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1] snd-timer 15460 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-hwdep 5216 0 [snd-emu10k1] snd-util-mem 1296 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1] snd-page-alloc 6324 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi 14016 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-emu10k1] snd-seq-device 4260 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emux-synth snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi] snd-ac97-codec 41160 0 [snd-emu10k1] snd 31620 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-emux-synth snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-util-mem snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec] but my main problem is that i cannot get alsamixer or amixer to give me volume control. i suspect volume control is the problem because when i run xmms and try to play an MP3, lsmod gives: Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-seq-midi 4096 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-emu10k1-synth 4956 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-emux-synth 28668 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1-synth] snd-seq-midi-emul 5056 0 (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-virmidi 3400 0 (autoclean) [snd-emux-synth] snd-seq-oss 29952 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3520 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq 40304 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-emux-synth snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss 39300 1 <------ the modules load! snd-mixer-oss 13560 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-emu10k1 73268 1 [snd-emu10k1-synth] <------ lookee! snd-pcm 63200 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1] snd-timer 15460 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-hwdep 5216 0 [snd-emu10k1] snd-util-mem 1296 0 [snd-emux-synth snd-emu10k1] snd-page-alloc 6324 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm] snd-rawmidi 14016 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-virmidi snd-emu10k1] snd-seq-device 4260 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-emu10k1-synth snd-emux-synth snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi] which tells me that xmms is loading the modules to play the track, but i get no sound because i cannot access any mixer to turn up the volume. when i run alsamixer or amixer i get: bash-2.05b# alsamixer alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory bash-2.05b# amixer amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory this error shows up in a large number of threads, but i haven't found a viable solution for my card yet. any help or suggestions would be great. thx for reading, jake yocom-piatt ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
