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j3rm
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 Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 5:19 am Post subject: problems with amixer |
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I followed the instructions on the gentoo website to get my sound working, and everything was fine until I typed in 'amixer'. Here's the error message I got:
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such device
The module I loaded for my sound card returned no errors. What did I do wrong? |
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dj-submerge
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 6:19 am Post subject: |
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What soundcard are you using ? Shure that you've loaded all the needed modules ( espacally for your sound card ?? ) and startet the alsa server ?
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FormerFreeBSDUser
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 3:09 pm Post subject: Another thing to check |
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I had this same problem, and the mistake I made was not having devfs properly compiled into the kernel.
You can check by doing the following
more /usr/src/linux/.config | grep "DEVFS"
and make sure that the following is there
CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
Sincerely,
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j3rm
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using the ac97-codec. I've checked out all the forums about this specific module, and it seems there's a lot of problems with it. I'm pretty much experiencing the same problem as everyone else who's used it. I made sure I enabled devfs when I built the kernel, and everything else that was supposed to be done. I've had a few problems with it in windows too, so I went ahead and bought a new SB LIVE card, something I've been meaning to do anyway.  Plus I got a great deal on eBay for it ($30 off the list price). |
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lx
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Try loading the module snd-mixer-oss (snd-pcm-oss is also handy) in modules.autoload or just by doing modprobe, creates /dev/mixer and works for me,
Cya lX.
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Zu`
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| lx wrote: | Try loading the module snd-mixer-oss (snd-pcm-oss is also handy) in modules.autoload or just by doing modprobe, creates /dev/mixer and works for me
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I second that. I had the same error and that solution worked fine for me, however I didn't add them to /etc/modules.autoload and whenever I run amixer or alsamixer now it seems to work fine.
On a second install I just did | Code: | | /etc/init.d/alsasound start |
and then ran amixer and it seemed to run fine?
This is my lsmod output on boot (I left out modules for NVdriver and NIC):
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Module Size Used by Tainted: P
snd-mixer-oss 10016 0 (autoclean)
snd-pcm-oss 35620 0 (autoclean)
snd-emu10k1 60996 0
snd-rawmidi 14528 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-pcm 55008 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-timer 11968 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-hwdep 3648 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-ac97-codec 23780 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-util-mem 1248 0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device 3840 0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd 29384 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi snd-pcm snd-timer snd-hwdep snd-ac97-codec snd-util-mem snd-seq-device]
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This gets loaded by /etc/init.d/alsasound start
Notice that snd-mixer-oss is loaded.
Perhaps someone should document the installation of ALSA, because _every two days_ I'm reading posts on this forum of people having difficulties with configuring ALSA..
However once you got it working, it's great. And since ALSA is going to be part of 2.5.x kernels, I think it's important people use it.
Just my thoughts on this.
Greets
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Zu`
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| j3rm wrote: | | I'm using the ac97-codec. I've checked out all the forums about this specific module, and it seems there's a lot of problems with it. I'm pretty much experiencing the same problem as everyone else who's used it. I made sure I enabled devfs when I built the kernel, and everything else that was supposed to be done. I've had a few problems with it in windows too, so I went ahead and bought a new SB LIVE card, something I've been meaning to do anyway. Plus I got a great deal on eBay for it ($30 off the list price). |
I'm using a sblive as well.
Just to make things clear, in the kernel, for sound support, you only need to compile soundcore.o as a module. You don't need any other drivers / sound support. ALSA will take care of this.
Then go about configuring ALSA, like the desktop HOWTO says.
Then run /etc/init.d/alsasound start and amixer, unmute master & PCM like the howto says.. and you should do fine.
If that works, add alsasound to the default runlevel.
| Code: | | rc-update alsasound add default |
Good luck.
EDIT:
I have this in my /etc/modules.d/aliases:
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# Alsa
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-1 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-2 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-3 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-4 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-5 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-6 snd-emu10k1
alias snd-card-7 snd-emu10k1
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snd-emu10k1 is the ALSA sounddriver you need for your sblive. |
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j3rm
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| Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Zu',
Did your sound work before you installed your sblive card? Like when all you had was the onboard ac97 stuff. |
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Panther505
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 6:43 pm Post subject:
zu wrote:
I'm using a sblive as well.
Just to make things clear, in the kernel, for sound support, you only need to compile soundcore.o as a module. You don't need any other drivers / sound support. ALSA will take care of this.
Then go about configuring ALSA, like the desktop HOWTO says.
Then run /etc/init.d/alsasound start and amixer, unmute master & PCM like the howto says.. and you should do fine.
If that works, add alsasound to the default runlevel.
Code:
| Code: | | rc-update alsasound add default |
Good luck. |
when I run the Code:
| Code: | | rc-update add alsa default |
that is in the deskstop guide I get a rc-update error stating that alsa cannot be found in the init.d directiory. When I run what zu said the system doesn't hold the mixer settings. Any help would be appreciated[/code][/quote]
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2002 4:10 am Post subject: Alsa and the Desktop Guide . . . |
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The guide indicates you should run:
rc-update add alsa default
However as you found, there is no alsa. Instead you find alsasound, which can be used in its place.
However to complicate things I've read in various places in the forums that it should actually be:
rc-update add alsasound boot
This is also the method described at the end of the emerge of alsa-driver. So, from one guy that DOESN'T have his alsa working (me) thats just some info I have scraped together. Good luck, wish me luck too!
Also for those having trouble insmod(ing) or modprobe(ing) in the snd-pcm-oss or snd-mixer-oss modules. I had MANY troubles trying to get them loaded. Finally I found I needed to modprobe the following modules (in this order)
modprobe snd
modprobe snd-pcm
modprobe snd-pcm-oss
modprobe snd-mixer-oss
In that order I was finally able to load the two ellusive snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss modules. Again I do not have all the answers or I would have my own alsa working already, but this might help others anywho.
Regards,
BonezTheGoon |
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