Chris Wenn wrote: > > Can anyone give me a hand with the following problem? > > I installed a new 2.4.18 kernel image today, upgrading from my 2.4.17 > image. After I installed this, alsa broke, refusing to load at > boot-time, claiming that the alsa driver could not be found. This > required a full re-compile and install of alsa.
I think that anytime you change kernels alsa needs to be recompiled because it has to be able to resolve the symbols of the currently running kernel. > > I have compiled and installed the alsa 0.9.0beta12 drivers, libraries > and utilities as instructed in the INSTALL files for each package > (including ./snddevices) but cannot get alsamixer to run. Whenever I > invoke it, I get the following error > > #alsamixer: function_snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or > directory This sounds like the driver has not been loaded... > > amixer gives the following, slightly different message > > #amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory looks like the same problem. > > This isn't a permissions problem, as the same happens when I am logged > in as root. The alsa drivers for my sound card (snd-card-es1968 - > Terratec SoundSystem DMX) are loaded on bootup, so they're not lost in > the mess. What the sam hell is going on? > shouldn't snd-card-es1968 be snd-es1968 now? What version of alsa were you using before? how are you loading the drivers at boot-up > Chris > -Eric Rz. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
