Can't get ALSA working on an Abit AN7...HELP!

pops45042

I've been pulling my hair out searching forums and everywhere else and I can;t find a clear answer. I've got an Abit AN7 MB and can;t get the sound to work at all. I'm using the 2.6.4 kernel and have the sound support added as a module. I tried going through the gentoo ALSA guide, but even after 4 tries, I still muct be doing something wrong. When i try to load the alsasound with

/etc/init.d/alsasound start all I get are errors. Here's a good sample:
bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound start
* Loading ALSA drivers...
* Using ALSA OSS emulation
* Loading: snd-mixer-oss
FATAL: Error inserting snd_mixer_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/oss/s
nd-mixer-oss.o): Invalid module format
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss
WARNING: Error inserting snd_mixer_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/oss
/snd-mixer-oss.o): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/snd-tim
er.o): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting snd_page_alloc (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/sn
d-page-alloc.o): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.k
o): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.4-gentoo-r1/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd
-pcm-oss.o): Invalid module format

Does anyone out there have any ideas on what I can do or a good thread to read?

Any suggestions are welcome. Otherwise, I guess I'm stuck going back to windows :cry:

Paul Thomas
_________________
"That which does not kill me only postpones the inevitable"

Laugh at my old system!
AMD Opteron 165@ 2750Mhz, 2gig 400mhz Cas2 Crucial Ballistix, Abit NF8 Ultra MB, WD 80gig (system), WD 120gig (storage), Geforce 8800GTS 320MB, Mushkin 550W PS

anthonybavuso · n00b Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 16

I was having problems with mine however I wasn't recieving any errors, it just didn't work. I finally got it working somewhat by using a combination of http://www.alsa-project.org/ documentation for my specific model sound card and gentoo's alsa guide. I have 2.6.4 kernel but i was using alsa-1.0.3 drivers, lib, and utils that i got from the alsa site. I tried 1.0.3 cause I wasn't having much luck with emerge alsa-drivers which give ver 0.9.8.

pops45042 · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject:

Yes, I've tried Gentoo's guide without much luck. And since Gentoo's guide references the alsa-project, I spent a good deal of time there as well.

So far I still haven't had any luck. Figured that I would sleep on it and start fresh later today after I finish HW.

Any other ideas?
Paul
_________________
"That which does not kill me only postpones the inevitable"

Laugh at my old system!
AMD Opteron 165@ 2750Mhz, 2gig 400mhz Cas2 Crucial Ballistix, Abit NF8 Ultra MB, WD 80gig (system), WD 120gig (storage), Geforce 8800GTS 320MB, Mushkin 550W PS

Paulten · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject:

EDIT: Works with gentoo-dev-2.6.5 here.
Finally.

Same problem here.. no sound, no errors..

anthonybavuso : You got it working by not using the kernel's ALSA driver, but the media-sound/alsa-driver ?

--Paul
_________________
Homepage : http://paul.kde.no Jabber ID : tenfjord@jabber.org
"Dei levde som dyr. Dei verken røykte eller drakk" -Ukjent

_dook_master_ · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 1:04 am Post subject:

I had the same trouble, but its worked ever since I started using the 2.6.2 kernel. I'm on 2.6.5-gentoo now. Sounds great.

DaftDog · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:35 am Post subject:

Paulten: I have a similar problem, how did you get it to work? I'm using 2.6.5 and tried different combinations of alsa-libs and built-in drivers and also with seperate drivers... no luck. Could you post how you got it to work please?

p-i · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 8

I have the same board and have had a huge number of problems getting sound working. There doesn't seem to be a lot of info on sound in AN7 anywhere.

Anywho, I'm using Alsa 1.0.4 and kernel 2.6.5 here with 5.1 sound working finally.