I believe the sony vaio has the INTEL 8x0 chip for sound. How when using the latest release of ALSA I could not get sound (the latest Red Hat 7.3 kernel sound module makes garbled sound and is really poorly written). --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send Alsa-user mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Alsa-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Undefined symbols after 0.5.x -> 0.9.x > (Jeremy Henty) > 2. Re: Everything Looks Right, but NO Sound > (long) (Frans Ketelaars) > 3. Re: sb live! - how to record? (Dusty Phillips) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 18:15:39 +0100 > From: Jeremy Henty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: alsa-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] Undefined symbols after > 0.5.x -> 0.9.x > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 12:57:37PM +0200, Frans > Ketelaars wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 00:52:28 +0100 > > Jeremy Henty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I had ALSA 0.5.11 running fine on kernels 2.2.19 > and 2.2.20, but after > > > after upgrading to 0.9.0rc1 I get undefined > symbols. Specifically: > > > > > > # modprobe snd > > > /lib/modules/2.2.20-0/misc/snd.o: unresolved > symbol vsnprintf > > > /lib/modules/2.2.20-0/misc/snd.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.2.20-0/misc/snd.o failed > > > /lib/modules/2.2.20-0/misc/snd.o: insmod snd > failed > > > > I think it's a problem between your 2.2.x kernel > and rc1. I think > > it's solved in rc2. HTH, > > I found a workaround: configure with > --disable-verbose-printk . That > undefines CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK in > include/config.h, which > comments out the C functions in > alsa-kernel/core/misc.c that use > vsnprintf. I'm still puzzled why using vsnprintf is > a problem. Would > you expect it to work in rc2? I'll give it a try, > once I've finished > recompiling stuff that needs to link to the new > libasound. > > Thanks for you help, > > Jeremy Henty > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 19:47:14 +0200 > From: Frans Ketelaars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: alsa-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] Everything Looks Right, but > NO Sound (long) > > On 23 Jun 2002 17:12:00 +0300 > Aharon Schkolnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > I have been successfully using also for quite a > while, but I just > > upgraded to Redhat 7.3, a new kernel, and a new > version of alsa, and > > now I can't get any sound at all. > > What's the exact problem (application and behaviour: > error messages, > "does nothing until killed", seems to play but I > don't hear anything)? > > > Hope someone can help ! > > > > Here are the details: > > > > > > > > Kernel 2.4.18-3 (built it myself) > > > > alsa-driver-0.9.0rc2 > > alsa-lib-0.9.0rc2 > > alsa-tools-0.9.0rc1 > > alsa-utils-0.9.0rc2 > > alsa-oss-0.9.0rc1 > > > > (built them all from source) > > > > > > > > All the modules appear to have loaded properly - > here's lsmod: > > > > > > #lsmod > > Module Size Used by Tainted: > PF > > snd-pcm-oss 41508 1 (autoclean) > > snd-mixer-oss 10944 1 (autoclean) > [snd-pcm-oss] > > snd-intel8x0 13728 2 (autoclean) > > snd-ac97-codec 28836 0 (autoclean) > [snd-intel8x0] > > snd-pcm 68256 0 (autoclean) > [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0] > > snd-timer 13888 0 (autoclean) > [snd-pcm] > > snd-mpu401-uart 4316 0 (autoclean) > [snd-intel8x0] > > snd-rawmidi 17120 0 (autoclean) > [snd-mpu401-uart] > > snd-seq-device 5532 0 (autoclean) > [snd-rawmidi] > > snd 36296 0 (autoclean) > [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 > snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart > snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] > > vmnet 21600 6 > > vmmon 22260 0 (unused) > > 3c59x 27656 1 > > > > > > > > > > Here's /etc/modules.conf: > > > > > > alias usb-controller usb-uhci > > alias eth0 3c59x > > > > alias char-major-116 snd > > > > alias char-major-14 soundcore > > > > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > > > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > > > > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss > > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss > > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss > > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > > > > > > options snd snd_cards_limit=1 > > > > > > alias char-major-178 mga_vid > > <snip> everything looks OK to me :) > > > #cat > /home/aharon/download/tkbiff-3.13/audio/strength.au > >/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c > > cat: write error: Invalid argument > > > > #cat > /home/aharon/download/tkbiff-3.13/audio/strength.au > >/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p > > cat: write error: File descriptor in bad state > > You can't cat to to/from those devices, use aplay or > arecord. Since you have > the OSS emulation modules loaded you can cat to/from > /dev/dsp I think. > > > ==================================================================================================== > > > > cat /proc/asound/version > === message truncated ===
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