Kent West wrote: > > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > <snip concerning Kent's inability to get sound out of AC'97/intel810 > > > > integrated sound on a Gateway E3400 using ALSA>
> Okay; I installed alsa-source. During the config phase it asked what > card I wanted to build; I told it "intel8x0". Then I moved > /usr/src/alsa-driver.tag.gz to /usr/local/src, and there untarred it, > which created /usr/local/src/modules/alsa-driver and put the files in > there. > > I then did an "export MODULE_LOC=/usr/local/src/modules" and did a "set" > to verify I typed it correctly. I then did "make-kpkg modules_image". > > > > > At the end you should have a shiny new alsa modules package for your card > > ready to be installed. > > Where? I have a /lib/modules/2.4.2/misc which has a bunch of modules, > but I expect, since the date-time stamp is three days old, that this is > from my previous manual attempt at compiling/installing the modules. Never mind; I just found a .deb in /usr/src. So I did a "dpkg -i alsa....deb", which then apparently did some installing and then asked if I wanted to start alsaconf. I answered "Y". It flashed a few console messages (it seems I saw a "snd module not found", and then debconf came up and asked me to select a card; I chose "0x31 Intel_810. . . ". I then accepted all the defaults on the next few questions (Card_Identifier = CARD_0, Max Playback frame size in kB = [blank], Max capture frame size in kB = [blank], Max microphone frame size in kB = [blank]), then told it "1 No_more_cards". It asked if I wanted to modify /etc/alsa/modutils/0.5; I answered Yes. It flashed a "cannot create regular file [something I couldn't read because it disappeared too fast]", and then said "Okay, 1 card(s) configured." I clicked on OK, and got this: > Loading driver: > Starting ALSA sound driver (version none):modprobe: Can't locate module snd > no devfs available (even though using the kernel with devfs). > Setting the PCM volume to 100% and the Master output volume to 50% > The ALSA sound driver was not detected in this system. > Could not initialize the mixer, the card was probably > not detected correctly. > ALSA driver isn't running. > Starting ALSA sound driver (version none):modprobe: Can't locate module snd > no devfs available (even though using the kernel with devfs). So I ran through it again, this time with a "2> error.log" appended, and this time putting in "100" on the three questions about frame size,etc. Here's the contents of error.log: > touch: creating `/etc/alsa/modutils/0.5': No such file or directory > grep: /etc/alsa/modutils/0.5: No such file or directory > modprobe: Can't locate module snd > cat: /proc/asound/version: No such file or directory > expr: syntax error > modprobe: Can't locate module snd Thanks for any help! Kent
