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]

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