intel8x0 sound driver not loading

bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

I followed the to the letter, actually the first time I did it it worked (before accidentally formatting gentoo off my drives) Now after reinstalling gentoo it doesnt. Unless I am missing something this time (highly possible)

I have Sound Card Support compiled as a module and no other cards or drivers as a module or otherwise. Then I did

env ALSA_CARDS='intel8x0' emerge alsa-driver

and I have the config files edited acordingly. I emerge alsa-utils and when I tried running amixer I got

amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory

so I tried doing the insmod snd-mixer-oss amd get:

bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

I noticed something that I think could be related

I have in my make.conf
CFLAGS="-march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe"

but when it compiles I noticed it uses
-march-athlon -pipe

my first install I know it used -march=athlon-tbird -O3 -pipe why the difference?

pilla · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 5:16 pm Post subject:

Very strange...

Have you tried loading the kernel module instead of alsa?
In my experience, the kernel driver for i8x0 works very well. I have tried also ALSA drivers, but they aren't better than the kernel ones (at least for i8x0) IMHO.

masseya · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 9:02 pm Post subject:

Moving from Multimedia.

I'm assuming that you've edited your /etc/modules.d/alsa file and run update modules as specified in the ALSA Configuration Guide.
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bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

Thanks a lot for giving me a hand

yes, actually that is the other wierd thing update-modules doesnt pick up the modules.
actually this is what update-modules produces:

pilla · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 3:31 am Post subject:

Maybe you could double-check your kernel configuration to make sure you have everything you need enabled there.

You can also try to put in inside the kernel and not in a module.

bradcarter · n00b Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

SOUND!!

Thanks !

I had tried previously to compile it right in and kde compained about not being about to find /dev/dsp but not this time. I am wondering when I tried before I forgot to copy over bzImage, either way it is working now

would like to finger out why alsa worked last time but not this one, but that is a mystery I can tinker with later