i cannot get this thing to make any sound, and i don't know what else to do. i'm running a gateway solo 2500 which uses the opl3sa modules. it works flawlessly under oss, but to get where i need to go, i've got to have alsa installed.
i've built it all from source with no problems. i've cranked everything to full with alsamixer, checked the speaker volume and cables, etc. nothing. cat /usr/share/sounds/error.wav > /dev/dsp hangs until i give it a ctl-c. nothing in any of my log files gives any indication of what the problem might be. i don't really know how much information to give (or which information), so I've included alot below. if i've left out something important, please let me know and i'll get it right out. the modules install at boot-up as follows: # cat /proc/modules | grep snd snd-pcm-oss 18560 0 (autoclean) snd-pcm-plugin 15408 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-mixer-oss 5056 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] snd-card-opl3sa2 7936 0 (autoclean) snd-cs4231 18848 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-opl3sa2] snd-pcm 30624 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-cs4231] snd-mixer 23464 0 (autoclean) [snd-mixer-oss snd-card-opl3sa2 snd-cs4231] snd-opl3 4896 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-opl3sa2] snd-hwdep 3392 0 (autoclean) [snd-opl3] snd-timer 8448 0 (autoclean) [snd-cs4231 snd-pcm snd-opl3] snd-mpu401-uart 2560 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-opl3sa2] snd-rawmidi 9600 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 4092 0 (autoclean) [snd-rawmidi] snd 34464 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-card-opl3sa2 snd-cs4231 snd-pcm snd-mixer snd-opl3 snd-hwdep snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] the available interrupts for opl3sa are 5, 7, 9 and 10. i'm running on irq 7: # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 57043 XT-PIC timer 1: 3511 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 3: 2028 XT-PIC 3c589_cs 7: 0 XT-PIC OPL3-SA 10: 4 XT-PIC i82365 12: 6527 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 223467 XT-PIC ide0 15: 0 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 (however, i've tried IRQ 5 and 9 as well -- all with no luck.) /dev/snd was created with no problem: # ls /dev/snd total 0 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 24 14:11 . dr-xr-xr-x 5 root root 0 Oct 24 14:11 .. crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 0 Oct 24 14:11 controlC0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 8 Oct 24 14:11 midiC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 6 Oct 24 14:11 mixerC0D0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 24 Oct 24 14:11 pcmC0D0c crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 16 Oct 24 14:11 pcmC0D0p crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 116, 33 Oct 24 14:11 timer also, /proc/asound was created. #cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [card1 ]: OPL3SA - Yamaha OPL3-SA3 Yamaha OPL3-SA3 at 0x370, irq 7, dma 0&1 # cat /proc/asound/devices 0: [0] : control 6: [0- 0]: mixer 8: [0- 0]: raw midi 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 33: : timer # cat /proc/asound/oss-devices 0: [0- 0]: mixer 2: [0- 2]: raw midi 3: [0- 3]: digital audio 4: [0- 4]: digital audio 5: [0- 5]: digital audio 9: [0- 9]: raw midi # cat /proc/asound/pcm 00-00: CS4231 : Yamaha OPL3-SA3 : playback 1 : capture 1 # cat /proc/asound/sndstat Config options: 0 Installed drivers: Type 10: ALSA emulation Card config: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 at 0x370, irq 7, dma 0&1 Audio devices: 0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 (DUPLEX) Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG Midi devices: 0: MPU-401 (UART) Timers: 7: system timer Mixers: 0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 # cat /proc/asound/timers G0: system timer : 10000.0us (10000000 ticks) C0-0: Yamaha OPL3-SA3 : 9.945us (65535 ticks) # cat /proc/asound/version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.5.11. Compiled on Oct 24 2001 for kernel 2.4.6. # cat /proc/asound/seq/drivers snd-seq-midi,empty,1 to my untrained eye, everything seems to be correct. but - obviously - it's not. if anyone has a clue, please let me know. thanks. -- ____) ,_) ,_) (-(__ |_ _ _ |/ ____) | |(_)(_ |\ ( \_, _______________________________________________ | http://www.exitwound.org : hard to find | _______________________________________________ | Where humor is concerned there are no | | standards -- no one can say what is good or | | bad, although you can be sure that everyone | | will. -- John Kenneth Galbraith | _______________________________________________ -------------BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK------------- | Version: 3.1 | | GJ/IT d- s: a C+++>$ UL++++ P+++ L+++ E--- W++| | N+@ o K- w O- M- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5@ X++ | | R tv+@ b+ DI++++ D+ G++ e++++ h---- r+++ y+++ | --------------END GEEK CODE BLOCK-------------- _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user