When you enabled your card in the ALSA kernel config, did you select it as a module? Can you find the module files in the following directory? /lib/modules/2.6.11-gentoo-r9/kernel/sound
(I has happened to me that add support for my card(s) as kernel built-ins, and suddenly ALSA does not work) On 5/22/05, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recompiled my kernel with ALSA enabled and my card (Dell OEM Aureal Vortex, > driver snd-au8820) compiled as a module, which I added to > /etc/modprobe.conf/kernel-2.6. I tried to emerge alsa-drivers, but it said > it was unnecessary. I emerged alsa-utils successfully. > > When I went to run alsaconf, it said three times before the menu came up, > "modinfo: could not find module snd" alsaconf seemed to work perfectly, and > then it exited with a cheerful message. > > Starting the alsasound service goes like this: > * Loading ALSA modules... [ ok ] > * Loading snd-card-0... [ ok ] > * ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers > * Restoring Mixer Levels... > * No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card! [ ok ] > > I've attempted to modprobe snd-au8820 and its dependencies, snd-mpu401-uart > and snd-ac97-codec before (re)starting alsasound, but that doesn't work, > either. > > I followed the Gentoo ALSA guide to the letter. Once again, I must have > misconfigured my kernel. (And yes, lspci now finds my soundcard. Didn't > change anything, though.) > > I did all this from xterm within GNOME (logged in as myself but su'ed to root > in the terminal), but that's probably not a problem since I've rebooted but > still get the same errors when alsasound loads at runlevel 2 (boot). > > -- > Colin > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- If the truth can't set you free, a lie will save you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list