1. compile alsa with oss support
2. load the oss modules. (snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss), load
them before the soundcard module.
3. compile alsa-utils, and use alsamixer to turn your sound on (make sure
all the channels are on. all of them are muted by default)
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Erez Boym wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry to disturb you again, but I still need some
> help, It seams that the ALSA drivers did not make the
> trick or that I'm missing some thing. Actually my
> situation got worse after installing ALSA.
>
> 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)
> 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
>
> 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"
>
> /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]
>
> /proc/asound/cards show :
> 0 [card1 ]: VIA686A – VIA 82C686A
> VIA 82C686A at 0xe000, irq 11
>
> /dev/sndstat doesn’t exist but /proc/asound/sndstat
> shows :
> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.5.10a emulation
> code)
> Kernel: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.2.5-15 #21 Mon
> Jan 15 23:15:39 IST 2001 i686
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>
> Card config:
> VIA 82C686A at 0xe000, irq 11
>
> Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED BY CONFIG
>
> Midi devices:
> 0: MPU-401 (UART)
>
> Timers:
> 7: system timer
>
> Mixers: NOT ENABLED BY CONFIG
>
>
>
> So, I’m pretty much in a loss here. I have no clue on
> how to proceed from here.
>
> If you have any Ideas I’ll appreciate your guidance.
>
> Thanks
>
> Erez
>
>
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