I have to answer my own question... seems I had compiled sound support into the kernel instead of as a module... and that ALSA didn't like..
problem solved... /Samuel Samuel Blomqvist wrote: > Hi! > > I upgraded my Motherboard and CPU and decided to reinstall Debian... > > but when I know try to get my soundcard (AOpen aw744 pro) working I > get no sound. when I recompiled the modules with --with-debug=full I > see this is the log when I startup ALSA. > > > Nov 21 15:06:58 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA card-ymfpci.c:197: legacy_ctrl = > 0xa > Nov 21 15:06:58 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA card-ymfpci.c:199: legacy_ctrl2 > = 0x0 > Nov 21 15:12:21 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA mixer_oss.c:984: unable to > register OSS mixer device 0:0 > Nov 21 15:12:21 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA pcm_oss.c:2057: unable to > register OSS PCM device 0:0 > Nov 21 15:12:21 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA pcm_oss.c:364: HW_PARAMS failed: > -16 > Nov 21 15:12:21 pedgr827 kernel: ALSA pcm_oss.c:364: HW_PARAMS failed: > -16 > > > the Alsa part in /etc/modules.conf looks like this: > ---------------- > # ALSA native device support > alias char-major-116 snd > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ymfpci > > # OSS/Free setup > alias char-major-14 soundcore > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > > options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 > options snd-card-ymfpci snd_mpu_port=-1 snd_mpu_irq=-1 snd_fm_port=-1 > ----------------------- > > can some body please get me on the right track here.. > > Spec of rest of the system in case you need it: > > Athlon XP 1500+ > MSI K7T266 Pro2 > Debian Woody with some packages from Sid. > Kernel 2.4.15-pre6 > > /Samuel Blomqvist > > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user