[Alsa-user] Slackware-8.0 and Alsa drivers
Hi, Just some info for Slackware-8.0 users that I have discovered. For those who install the kernel 2.4.5 image and source, please note that the kernel is compile with "/dev file system support" enable under "File systems". This create a problem when compiling alsa driver. Alsa config will assuming that devfs will be automatically mounted at boot. So after compiling and install the alsa drivers, when you do a modprobe, the alsa driver will tries to create the "/dev" directory under devfs (Under normal case, "/dev" should be at /proc/asound). So without this "/dev" directory, even though you see the driver loaded correctly, there will no sound and all alsa utilities throw out error like "mixer not found" blah blah blah. Solutions: Before compiling alsa drivers, do either 1) With kernel 2.4.5 and higher source, - do "make menuconfig". - Unselect "/dev file system support" under file system. - Save and exit - do "make dep" (Recompile of kernel not necessary) Or 2) Recompile kernel with "/dev file system support" AND "Automatically mount at boot" enable. (Note: Slackware-8.0 have already prepared /etc/rc.S to mount devfs whenever necessary) Hope this info is of help. Cheers, Wayne ___ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] alsa & devFS support on Slack
Hi Andrea, - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:59 AM Subject: [Alsa-user] alsa & devFS support on Slack > > Hi all, in a precedent post I'd read that to have a correct installation with SlackWare 8.0, 2.4.5 and alsa driver I must enable in "filesystem" the voice "Automatically mount at boot time" in "/devFS support". > > But mounting /dev at boot time my boot crash because it don't find partitions.. So did you recompiled and install the kernel with devfs disable? > > Problem is that when I modprobe modules (intel8x0 and snd-pcm-oss) not all the links at /proc/asound go fine. I've all the files and dirs but I don't have /proc/asound/dev (created by "ln -vfs /dev/snd /proc/asound/dev"). > Recompiled & Reinstallation the alsa driver after rebooting with the new kernel. (Must used "./snddevices" when devfs is disable.) > Maybe is for this missing link that amixer and alsactl tell me "ALSA driver was not found in this system" and don't goes. > > What do you think? > > Thanks, Andrea > > - > > messaggio inviato con Freemail by superEva > http://www.supereva.it > > - > > > ___ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ___ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
