On 6/15/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Trouble with Alsa drivers on a 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 kernel.
> I did not have ALSA set up before, but in make.conf
> 'alsa' is listed as a USE flag.
>
> lspci -v reveals:
> 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
> Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X-X Motherboard
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22
> I/O ports at e000
> Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
>
> the kernel is configured with:
> devicedrivers ->sound ->sound card support ->alsa ->pci devices
>
> <*> VIA 82C686A/B, 8233/8235 AC97 Controller
> <*> VIA 82C686A/B, 8233 based Modems
>
> but this does not seem to do the trick. Upon reboot
> it complains that the ALSA drivers are not found.
>
> dmesg:
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver
> Version 1.0.8 (Thu Jan 13 09:39:32 2005 UTC).
> ALSA device list:
> No soundcards found.
>
> Granted there is no pci bus card installed, but, the system
> should have 5.1 audio support.
> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7v8x-x/overview.htm
>
> The system also as an LML frame grabber board installed:
>
> 0000:00:0f.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
> Capture (rev 11)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
> Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
>
> 0000:00:0f.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
> (rev 11)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
> Memory at ee800000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
> Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
>
> Ideas on what I've missed or screwed up on this
> AthonXP 2400+ system, are most welcome.
>
> James
>
>
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I have that same mobo at home and have no problem at all with alsa. I
compiled everything as modules, so upon initialization I get :
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.8 (Thu Jan 13
09:39:32 2005 UTC).
No soundcards found.
But then I am able to load the modules correctly:
demian etc # lsmod
Module Size Used by
fglrx 239356 17
lirc_serial 12128 0
lirc_dev 11916 1 lirc_serial
snd_via82xx 23072 2
snd_ac97_codec 74232 1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart 6528 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 20768 1 snd_mpu401_uart
via_agp 7680 1
visor 17676 0
usbserial 26600 1 visor
via_rhine 20484 0
Here´s my /etc/modules.d/alsa:
# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file.
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.con
f-rc,v 1.4 2004/11/16 01:31:22 eradicator Exp $
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
##
## IMPORTANT:
## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s)
## and then run `update-modules' command.
## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info.
##
## ALSA portion
## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave
## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371
## OSS/Free portion
## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
##
# OSS/Free portion - card #1
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
## OSS/Free portion - card #2
## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
# Set this to the correct number of cards.
options snd cards_limit=1
In my kernel config I have
CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m
# CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM is not set
I don´t remember any special steps I had to go through besides the
ALSA Guide (from gentoo.org).... if there´s any other setting you´d
like to know about, let me know...
Hope that was helpful,
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Engenharia de Computação 2001 - Unicamp
- Laboratório de Criptografia Aplicada
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