On Saturday 05 June 2004 12:54, Matthijs van Aalten wrote:
> Hello,
>
> (apologies for a long post, but I thought it would be best to
> include as much relevant information as I could)
>
> I'm trying to install Alsa on my system, but alsamixer returns
> the error message:
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
>
> System:
> Via Epia M10000 mainboard with on-board audio (via-82xx)
> Debian 'testing' distribution
> Kernel 2.6.6, custom compiled with special Epia patches
> Only text-based, no X installed.
>
> The program 'aumix' is working correctly, also I can play MP3
> using mpg321. It just doesn't feel right that alsamixer doesn't work.
>
> I have found a lot of messages from other people with the
> same problem, some solutions but they didn't work for me.
>
> For example, running the script snddevices in the Alsa
> source directory didn't help.
>
> Result from lsmod:
> Module Size Used by
> 8250 21184 0
> serial_core 23552 1 8250
> snd_seq_oss 36416 0
> snd_seq_midi_event 7680 1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq 54192 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_via82xx 21344 0
> snd_pcm_oss 54148 0
> snd_mixer_oss 19936 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 98212 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 25508 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd_ac97_codec 65508 1 snd_via82xx
> snd_page_alloc 11492 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
> snd_mpu401_uart 8128 1 snd_via82xx
> snd_rawmidi 24864 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 8424 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> snd 55076 12
> snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mi
>xer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,s
>nd_seq_device via686a 19784 0
> i2c_sensor 2880 1 via686a
> i2c_isa 1984 0
> i2c_core 23556 3 via686a,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa
> via82cxxx_audio 27528 0
> ac97_codec 18956 1 via82cxxx_audio
The two modules above are OSS modules, you have to remove them.
> via_rhine 20040 0
> mii 5024 1 via_rhine
> ide_cd 42948 0
> cdrom 40416 1 ide_cd
>
>
> Result from strace -eopen alsamixer:
> open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/lib/libncurses.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/lib/tls/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/lib/tls/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/lib/tls/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3
> open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> open("/dev/aloadC0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> open("/dev/snd/controlC0", O_RDWR) = -1 ENODEV (No such device)
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
>
>
> Result from ls /dev/snd/controlC0:
> crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 0 Jun 5 12:31
> /dev/snd/controlC0
>
>
> Included in my /etc/modules.conf:
> above snd-pcm snd-pcm-oss
>
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias snd-card-0 snd_via82xx
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> 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
>
> Any suggestions, anyone? Thanks in advance!
HTH,
-Frans
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