Hi,
>
> What I did is :
> 1) Compiled a kernel (2.2.5-15) which has the "Sound
> card support = Y" and every thing else set to "n" (As
> the ALSA HOW-TO ordered)
Don't know what you read there - but ALSA doesn't use OSS support at all.
You can, however, compile sound as module (and I don't think it doesn't even
needs that) - probably an error in their docs. I have it compiled as module,
but I don't use it..
> 2) I installed the drivers, lib and utiles using the
> normal "./configure ; make ; make install"
> 3) Run the sdndevices script to create the ALSA
> devices.
> 4) Loaded the snd-card-via686a module
> 5) Set the mixer volume to max
> 6) Tried to use the device
>
Tried to use with what? alsaplay? aplay? with what applications?
If you want to use it on applications like KDE, GNOME, XMMS etc - first try
with OSS emulation - which means you'll have to load the module
oss-mixer-pcm or something like that (I'm not on the Linux machine right
now - but try to modprobe all the OSS modules there - there are only 2)
> But it's doing nothing. Cutting an au file to the
> device show no error, it just not making any sound at
> all. Using sound applications like XmmsMP3 give en
> error which say that "Can't open audio"
>
Cause you didn't load the OSS emulation module :)
> /proc/modules show the following :
> snd-card-via686a 6896 0
> snd-pcm 28952 0 [snd-pcm]
> snd-timer 7680 0 [snd-card-via686a]
> snd-ac97-codec 24064 0 [snd-card-via686a]
> snd-mixer 23120 0 [snd-ac97-codec]
> snd-mpu401-uart 1916 0 [snd-card-via686a]
> snd-rawmidi 9048 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
> snd-seq-device 3436 0 [snd-rawmidi]
> snd 35424 1 [snd-card-via686a snd-pc snd-timer
> snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi
> snd-seq-device]
>
As I said - you didn't load the OSS emulation module. Load it and select OSS
sound on various programs. A simple test after loading the OSS module - try
running "aumix" - if you loaded everything - it should give you a program to
set your sound devices..
Hetz
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