Dear all: I've just bought this MSI mobo with a VIA K8M890 chipset, and I can't make ALSA work. AFAIK the soundcard is supported by ALSA (via 8237): modules load without problem but do not print anything in dmesg. Then /proc/asound/cards says there're no soundcards.
This are the loaded modules: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lsmod | grep snd snd_seq_dummy 5124 0 snd_seq_oss 37220 0 snd_seq_midi 10240 0 snd_seq_midi_event 9344 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 59244 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_via82xx 30616 0 gameport 17288 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec 98976 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_bus 3584 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 48256 0 snd_mixer_oss 19200 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 86020 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 25988 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 11784 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_via82xx snd_rawmidi 27776 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 10124 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd 56992 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 11360 1 snd This is the output of lspci -v [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci -v 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0336 Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] #08 [0060] Capabilities: [58] #00 [0000] 0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 1336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 2336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 4336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 5336 (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 0000:00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 7336 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: dfc00000-dfcfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: dfb00000-dfbfffff Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: dc000000-deffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cff00000 Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141] Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+ Capabilities: [dc] #08 [a802] 0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff Memory behind bridge: dfe00000-dfefffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000dfd00000-00000000dfd00000 Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141] Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+ Capabilities: [dc] #08 [a802] 0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at ff00 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 209 I/O ports at fe00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 217 I/O ports at fd00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225 I/O ports at fc00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 233 I/O ports at fb00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225 Memory at dffff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge Flags: medium devsel Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 0000:00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 337e Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 Capabilities: [58] #08 [8001] 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 7253 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 233 I/O ports at f800 [size=256] Memory at dfffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 0000:00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCIE Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff Memory behind bridge: dfa00000-dfafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000df900000-00000000df900000 Capabilities: [60] #08 [a802] Capabilities: [70] #0d [0000] 0000:00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: df800000-df8fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000df700000-00000000df700000 Capabilities: [60] #08 [a802] Capabilities: [70] #0d [0000] 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101] 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map Flags: fast devsel 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller Flags: fast devsel 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: [f0] #0f [0010] 0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 0271 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50 Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at dd000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Expansion ROM at de000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [78] #10 [0001] 0000:05:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03) Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 58 Memory at df8f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Memory at df8e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Im using [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/asound# cat version Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC). Any hints? I've compiled this kernel (2.6.18-rc6) "by hand", so if you want to try any patches or anything just write me. Thanks in advance! -- Martin Sarsale - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user