Have you disabled sound support in the kernel before using alsa? I use the es1371 driver, which is in the kernel, and it works great (no alsa).
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 16:38, Collins Richey wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:19:39 +0200 (IST) Scharf Yuval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > For dozens of hours I tried to make the ens1371 in my old Compaq computer > > in my university produce any sound with no luck. > > > > I used red-had 8, Gentoo with 2.4 kernel, Gentoo with 2.6 kerenl. > > I tried amazingly many combinations. It didn't work. > > As much as I could have seen the computer was playning sounds, I just > > didn't hear any sounds. > > > > I should mention that Windows had no problem at all. > > > > Today I tried to play a CD but it didn't work. I became very suspicious, > > playing a CD has very little to do with the OS. > > > > So I took two speakers, connected to the soundcard and booted to Windows. > > Windows kept using the internal speaker. > > > > I booted to Linux, and EVERYTHING worked great with the external > > speakers. :-) > > > > So, Windows uses only the internal speaker and Linux uses only the > > external speakers. > > > > Can someone explain to me what is going on. Usually in computers, if > > there are no external speakers the internal speaker works and when you plug in > > the the external speakers they start to work. Is it a hardware feature or a > > software feature. Can I control which speakers will be use. > > > > Maybe you have the same problem as I do. My gentoo system uses devfs. When I > load the alsa ens1371 module (modprobe ens1371), the soundcard clicks, but no > /dev/dsp ... device entries are created. I have to 'rmmod ens1371' then > 'modprobe ens1371' a second time to get it to work. No response from gentooers > or the alsa mailing list about this problem. It could even be a devfsd problem. > > So I just add the following to local.start > > modprobe ens1371 > rmmod ens1371 > modprobe ens1371 > play <something youlike>& > > Also, the OSS module for my card works without a hitch. > > HTH. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Guy Van Sanden http://unixmafia.port5.com Registered Linux user #249404 - September 1997 ______________________________________________________________________ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
