[Alsa-user] Tecra 8000 Redhat 9

[Richard Hopkins]

I am brand new to Linux, but have tried everything I could find on Google and the archives, searching for Tecra 8000 sound problems.

My sound card works in Redhat 8, but not using the opl3sa2 driver - using the NeoMagic 256AV driver.  The video driver in the computer is a NeoMagic, and that's why I even tried that driver.  Switched to Redhat 9 with a full install, and no sound.  Enter Alsa.

I have installed drivers, tools, utils following the directions on http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA.html#Building%20ALSA, but removing the --with-isapnp=no --with-cards=ens1371,emu10k1,ice1712 from the compile line.  Compilation of the drivers was done with
./configure --with-sequencer=yes
make
make install

The oss, tools, and utilities were all installed with
./configure
make
make install
I did not add the --disable-alsatest option to any of them.

I found a post that suggested looking at modules.conf, and I found that mine only had 2 lines, both of which ended in =0.  I changed the file following his suggestions, and now it reads as follows:


#
# YaST2: sound cards support
#
alias char-major-116 snd
options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-opl3sa2
options snd-card-opl3sa2 snd_dma1=1 \
                         snd_dma2=0 \
                         snd_fm_port=0x388 \
                         snd_irq=5 \
                         snd_isapnp=0 \
                         snd_midi_port=0x330 \
                         snd_port=0x538 \
                         snd_sb_port=0x220 \
                         snd_wss_port=0x530

#
# YaST2: sound system dependent part
#
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

# OSS compatibility definitions
alias char-major-14 soundcore

Does anyone have any suggestions/experience with a Tecra 8000, keeping in mind that I have only been using Linux for a couple weeks, having switched from many years of using a much more vulnerable and less robust operating system?

Thanks,

Rich