I was able to get things going from the command line by loading the modules for ALSA. In order to get things going after a reboot, I had problems. They all lied in the configuration in modules.conf.
I don't know much about them, but I just tried to follow the parameters in the INSTALL text file in the alsa-drivers directory. I use Debian, so instead of altering that file directly, I created a text file in the /etc/modutils directory and then ran update-modules. This is specific to Debian. See your distro for information on how to change the modules.conf file. This is now what I have: ### update-modules: start processing /etc/modutils/alsa # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 # # OSS/Free portion 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 ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa If you haven't added something similar to the above, you will need to do so to get ALSA working after a reboot. Is your soundcard ISA PnP? If so you probably have to add extra parameters for IRQ and such. Otherwise, you can try using the above settings substituting snd-emu10k1 with your snd-xxxx module. Good luck, Matt --- Duke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I'm using alsa 0.9.0rc1, linux kernel 2.4.18, > with a cs46xx based > sound card. > I've modprobed snd-cs46xx, snd-mixer-oss, and > snd-pcm-oss. These > modules load without a problem. Everything was > working fine until > earlier this week, and I don't know what I've done > to break things. I > use a windowmaker dockapp called wmix > (http://www.advogato.org/proj/wmix/) to set my > volume levels, and it no > longer loads, and instead outputs to console "error: > cannot open mixer > device /dev/mixer". For reference, /dev/mixer is > symbolically linked to > /dev/sound/mixer. > Also, I can no longer load xmms; it ouputs to > console "xmms: > simple.c:1070: snd_mixer_selem_get_id: Assertion > `elem && id' failed." > > However, amixer and alsamixer seem to work, and I've > successfully played > some wav files using aplay. I would still like oss > compatibility, though. > > Any ideas? > Thanks, > > -- Duke. > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application > Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- > http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
