can't get alsa to work

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Karsten · Post by **Karsten** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 1:14 pm

Hi,

I am trying to install the alsa driver with the documentation from the docs section of the gentoo website.

I am using a soundblaster awe32 and after I installed this like in the docs, I get the following error if I make '/etc/init.d/alsasound start':

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 * Initialising ALSA....
 * Starting sound driver: snd-sbawe /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: insmod snd-sbawe failed

If I call dmesg it was only added this to the log file:

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Sound Blaster 16 soundcard not found or device busy
In case, if you have non-AWE card, try snd-card-sb16 module

Can anyone help me with that?

-JeaN- · Post by **-JeaN-** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 2:28 pm

Hello Karsten,

Is it an ISA card ? If yes don't forget to enable ISA support on the kernel ( don't remember where exactly ... )
Else I'm short of advices sorry..

Good luck

Post by **pjp** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:11 pm

Moved from Installing Gentoo.

modal · Post by **modal** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 5:53 am

usually when you have a device busy, it's because you have a kernel module already loaded, or you built it into your kernel.
the only way to get the busy off is to unload your module, or recompile your kernel depending on how you set it up.

that's the way it was with my intel8x0.o mod from alsa...it hated that i had the i810_audio module already on, as soon as i unloaded it, it was happy.

good luck.

Karsten · Post by **Karsten** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:48 pm

Thanks all for your help, but I can't get alsa to work.

Is any other package needed to get alsa to work, which I maybe haven't installed until now?

If I try to start alsa with '/etc/init.d/alsasound start', I get this messages:

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# /etc/init.d/alsasound start
shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
 * Initialising ALSA....
 * Starting sound driver: snd-sbawe /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/isa/sb/snd-sbawe.o: insmod snd-sbawe failed                                                                   [ ok ]

This message says something about invalid IO or IRQ parameters, how can I configure those? Maybe this is the problem?

With insmod snd-mixer-oss I get this:

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# insmod snd-mixer-oss
Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_verbose_printk_Rsmp_49d4e4d1
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_unregister_Rsmp_1147f0da
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_iprintf_Rsmp_2f0b152f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_kcalloc_Rsmp_4da9e78a
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_create_card_entry_Rsmp_119dab53
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_mixer_oss_notify_callback_Rsmp_53bb0013
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_register_Rsmp_05d4e77f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_get_line_Rsmp_0a6fd27b
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_free_entry_Rsmp_07e2277c
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_unregister_oss_device_Rsmp_f59007f5
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_get_str_Rsmp_b213fe8b
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_ctl_find_id_Rsmp_c0095ac6
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_ctl_notify_Rsmp_2189b46c
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_oss_info_register_Rsmp_8df3789f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_cards_Rsmp_eaa296df
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_register_oss_device_Rsmp_fae831b9
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-mixer-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_kmalloc_strdup_Rsmp_5dd3bf69

And with insmod snd-pcm-oss I get this:

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# insmod snd-pcm-oss
Using /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_verbose_printk_Rsmp_49d4e4d1
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_unregister_Rsmp_1147f0da
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_kernel_playback_ioctl_Rsmp_14ebb054
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_read_Rsmp_f4fe75c7
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_iprintf_Rsmp_2f0b152f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_kcalloc_Rsmp_4da9e78a
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_create_card_entry_Rsmp_119dab53
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_register_Rsmp_05d4e77f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl_Rsmp_a0cdfc0e
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_max_Rsmp_6d375137
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev_Rsmp_0c8da2cd
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_refine_Rsmp_6ee6078a
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_get_line_Rsmp_0a6fd27b
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_devices_Rsmp_93a0a460
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data_Rsmp_99988159
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_setinteger_Rsmp_fe98f3f6
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_near_Rsmp_9d6e71ff
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_notify_Rsmp_741ba359
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_kernel_ioctl_Rsmp_53e3b4c6
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_release_substream_Rsmp_e8d0346d
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_free_entry_Rsmp_07e2277c
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_physical_width_Rsmp_a8edfa41
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_unsigned_Rsmp_95a60aa5
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_complete_Rsmp_f3fb9407
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_big_endian_Rsmp_93878ece
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_task_name_Rsmp_1a0157c0
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_constraints_init_Rsmp_3303bb48
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_unregister_oss_device_Rsmp_f59007f5
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_info_get_str_Rsmp_b213fe8b
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_stop_Rsmp_8e55a3ed
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_write_Rsmp_352ba833
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_value_min_Rsmp_132c8ec7
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_open_substream_Rsmp_cb33634d
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv_Rsmp_e056b423
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card_Rsmp_28c23556
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_signed_Rsmp_e2c5f868
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_linear_Rsmp_8733f967
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_silence_64_Rsmp_6b8250e8
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_oss_info_register_Rsmp_8df3789f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_register_oss_device_Rsmp_fae831b9
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_capture_ready_Rsmp_3a06982f
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_set_silence_Rsmp_df124602
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_min_Rsmp_a3be0ddb
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_format_width_Rsmp_55eb2175
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_kmalloc_strdup_Rsmp_5dd3bf69
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_hw_param_mask_Rsmp_8d865663
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_build_linear_format_Rsmp_0beab9b1
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol snd_pcm_playback_ready_Rsmp_66e04c38
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol _snd_pcm_hw_params_any_Rsmp_6667da40
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/kernel/sound/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.o: unresolved symbol _snd_pcm_hw_param_set_Rsmp_43ab6d9f

And with amixer I get this:

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

In the kernel the 'Sound card support' is compiled as module and 'BT878 audio dma' and 'TV card (bt848) mixer support' are both compiled as modules, too. But no other driver is selected here.

I have no clue what I can do now to get alsa to work.

Krisserferson · Post by **Krisserferson** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 10:04 pm

Are you sure the modules directory is the correct one...
the ebuild looks at the destination of the /usr/src/linux symlink..
And copy's the modules to the modules dir of that kernel version...
So if you've got another kernel running..

This is a problem I had.. @ the end I just downloaded it from the alsa site itself.. works like a charm..

Best regards...

Karsten · Post by **Karsten** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 10:09 pm

Yes I am sure, because I have only one kernel installed, 2.4.19. And the directory 'linux' is linked to 'linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10'.

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# ls -l /usr/src/
insgesamt 1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           23 2003-01-30 02:13 linux -> linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10
drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root          896 2003-02-06 22:50 linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r10

Krisserferson · Post by **Krisserferson** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 10:13 pm

It's been a while but doing the 'whole' install process by hand worked for me..
The ebuild gave me to much probs...

Karsten · Post by **Karsten** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:01 am

I gave up with alsa.

I compiled now the kernel with oss support and this works fine for me.