It seems you succesfully loaded the ALSA driver modules for your sound(card),
including the OSS emulation modules snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss :)
Can you use K -> multimedia -> sound -> Sound Mixer? Can you hear an audio CD
with the KDE CD player afterwards? What happens when you try XMMS?
On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 00:16:12 +0100
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 19 April 2002 18:53, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:38:10 +0100
> >
> > John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 18 April 2002 20:47, you wrote:
> >
> > <big snip>
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > I have a MSI K7T266 Pro2 Mobo which has via 8233 AC97 soundchip built
> > > into the board.
> > > Upon install LM8.2 seems to configure an OSS driver which works,but only
> > > with one item, namely the CD player. Nothing else seems connected to the
> > > system. There is no Mandrake sound for the OS, no Xcdroast , no midi
> > > player, you name it it doesn't work. It does not seem to be anything to
> > > do with unmuting.
> > > So what am I to do, several suggestions later someone said configure the
> > > alsa sound driver, instead of the OSS driver,which I think I have
> > > achieved. Certainly kernel configure and KDE sound believe it is running.
> > > It makes no difference whether ARTS is enabled or disabled.
> > > There does not seem to be any sndconfig command line facility.
> > > The website mentioned previously says add
> > > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-via8233
> > > post-install snd-slot-0 snd-pcm-oss to modules.conf,
> > > but although this does help to bring alsa to live as a driver
> > > It appears in the boot script now,
> > > Nothing including the CD player works.
> > > I don't actually have any sound at all.
> > > However I think it should work, something is amiss,
> > > but I am fast running out of ideas.
> > > Installing the latest alsa driver was just one idea.
> > > Reconfigure the modules.conf file to include lines about
> > > amixer set Master 22 unmute
> > > amixer set Master Mono 22 unmute
> > > amixer set Input Gain 22 unmute
> > > amixer set Aux 22 unmute
> > > amixer set Line 22 unmute
> > > amixer set PCM 22 unmute was another,
> > > but when I do this I get lots of "failed" script at boot time,
> > > with comments about line this and that being unrecognised.
> > > The only clue I can find is in configure KDE-info-sound,
> > > two lines, synth dev:not enabled in config
> > > midi dev : not enabled in config
> > > possibly modules.conf needs additional lines to achieve this ?
> > > I suspect the alsa sound driver is there and running but no sound
> > > device is connecting with it.
> > > Is it anything to do with AC97 ?
> > > I don't know ?
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > John
> >
> > Uhm, what modules are loaded (check with '/sbin/lsmod')? And what's in
> > /etc/modules.conf? Can you use K -> multimedia -> sound -> Sound Mixer?
> > Good luck getting this to work!
> >
> > -Frans
>
> Thanks Frans,
>
> At the risk of being over informative I list everything I can think of,except
> file permissions.:-
> THIS IS WITH OSS DRIVER CONFIGURED AS PER MANDRAKE INSTALL
>
> This gives a Working CD player, nothing else
>
> [root@localhost root]# /sbin/lsmod
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> via82cxxx_audio 18144 1
> uart401 6336 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
> ac97_codec 9568 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
> sound 57292 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
> soundcore 4068 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
> parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean)
> lp 6464 1 (autoclean)
> parport 23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> af_packet 12488 0 (autoclean)
> ip_vs 65400 0 (autoclean)
> ipchains 35816 0
> printer 5824 0
> usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused)
> usb-ohci 19072 0 (unused)
> usbcore 59072 1 [printer usb-uhci usb-ohci]
> supermount 62180 4 (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1 2816 4 (autoclean)
> ntfs 51744 4 (autoclean)
> ide-scsi 8032 0
> scsi_mod 92488 1 [ide-scsi]
> rtc 5912 0 (autoclean)
> [root@localhost root]#
> ..............................................................................
> /etc/modules.conf
>
> alias net-pf-4 ipx
> alias usb-interface usb-ohci
> probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
> alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci
> alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci
> alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci
> ............................................................................
> [root@localhost root]# lsmod
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> nls_iso8859-15 3360 1 (autoclean)
> nls_cp850 3584 1 (autoclean)
> vfat 9788 1 (autoclean)
> fat 31384 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
> via82cxxx_audio 18144 1
> uart401 6336 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
> ac97_codec 9568 0 [via82cxxx_audio]
> sound 57292 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
> soundcore 4068 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
> parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean)
> lp 6464 1 (autoclean)
> parport 23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> af_packet 12488 0 (autoclean)
> ip_vs 65400 0 (autoclean)
> ipchains 35816 0
> printer 5824 0
> usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused)
> usb-ohci 19072 0 (unused)
> usbcore 59072 1 [printer usb-uhci usb-ohci]
> supermount 62180 4 (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1 2816 4 (autoclean)
> ntfs 51744 4 (autoclean)
> ide-scsi 8032 0
> scsi_mod 92488 1 [ide-scsi]
> rtc 5912 0 (autoclean)
> [root@localhost root]#
> .............................................................................
> [root@localhost root]# sndconfig
> bash: sndconfig: command not found
> [root@localhost root]#
> .............................................................................
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - general - aRts=enabled
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - sound I/Omethod: autodetect
> ............................................................................
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - system - alsa : stopped
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - system - sound : running
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - Hardware - soundcards - grey blank
> ............................................................................
> ............................................................................
>
>
>
> NOW THIS IS WITH ALSA DRIVER MANUALLY SET UP BY OWNER
>
> NB: No sound at all.
>
> [root@localhost root]# /sbin/lsmod
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> snd-seq-oss 25600 0 (unused)
> snd-seq-midi-event 3184 0 [snd-seq-oss]
> snd-seq 40880 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
> snd-seq-device 3948 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq]
> snd-pcm-oss 18816 0 (unused)
> snd-pcm-plugin 16080 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-mixer-oss 4704 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-card-via8233 5920 1
> snd-ac97-codec 24896 0 [snd-card-via8233]
> snd-mixer 24328 1 [snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec]
> snd-pcm 31616 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
> snd-card-via8233]
> snd-timer 8576 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> snd 34272 1 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq
> snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via8233
> snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer snd-pcm snd-timer]
> soundcore 4068 4 [snd]
> parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean)
> lp 6464 1 (autoclean)
> parport 23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> af_packet 12488 0 (autoclean)
> ip_vs 65400 0 (autoclean)
> ipchains 35816 0
> printer 5824 0
> usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused)
> usb-ohci 19072 0 (unused)
> usbcore 59072 1 [printer usb-uhci usb-ohci]
> supermount 62180 4 (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1 2816 4 (autoclean)
> ntfs 51744 4 (autoclean)
> ide-scsi 8032 0
> scsi_mod 92488 1 [ide-scsi]
> rtc 5912 0 (autoclean)
> [root@localhost root]#
> ............................................................................
>
> /etc/modules.conf
>
> alias net-pf-4 ipx
> alias usb-interface usb-ohci
> probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> #alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
> #alsa sound driver stanza
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-via8233
> post-install snd-slot-0 snd-pcm-oss
> alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci
> alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci
> alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci
>
> ............................................................................
>
> [root@localhost root]# lsmod
> Module Size Used by Not tainted
> snd-seq-oss 25600 0 (unused)
> snd-seq-midi-event 3184 0 [snd-seq-oss]
> snd-seq 40880 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
> snd-seq-device 3948 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq]
> snd-pcm-oss 18816 0 (unused)
> snd-pcm-plugin 16080 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-mixer-oss 4704 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
> snd-card-via8233 5920 1
> snd-ac97-codec 24896 0 [snd-card-via8233]
> snd-mixer 24328 1 [snd-mixer-oss snd-ac97-codec]
> snd-pcm 31616 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin
> snd-card-via8233]
> snd-timer 8576 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
> snd 34272 1 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq
> snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via8233
> snd-ac97-codec snd-mixer snd-pcm snd-timer]
> soundcore 4068 4 [snd]
> parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean)
> lp 6464 1 (autoclean)
> parport 23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> af_packet 12488 0 (autoclean)
> ip_vs 65400 0 (autoclean)
> ipchains 35816 0
> printer 5824 0
> usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused)
> usb-ohci 19072 0 (unused)
> usbcore 59072 1 [printer usb-uhci usb-ohci]
> supermount 62180 4 (autoclean)
> nls_iso8859-1 2816 4 (autoclean)
> ntfs 51744 4 (autoclean)
> ide-scsi 8032 0
> scsi_mod 92488 1 [ide-scsi]
> rtc 5912 0 (autoclean)
> [root@localhost root]#
>
> ...............................................................................
>
> [root@localhost root]# sndconfig
> bash: sndconfig: command not found
> [root@localhost root]#
> ..............................................................................
>
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - General - aRts=enabled
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - soundI/Omethos -Advanced Linux
> sound Architecture
> NB: It makes no difference whether aRts is enabled or disabled, but if
> disabled
> you cannot select Advanced Linux Sound Architecture in General.
>
> In KDE Control Center -Information - Sound -
>
> Sound Driver:3.8.2-980706(ALSAv0.5.12aemulation code)
> Kernel:Linux 2.4.18-6mdk
> Config option : 0
>
> Installed Drivers:
> Type 10:ALSAemulation
>
> Card Config:
> VIA8233 at 0exc00,irq 10
>
> Audio devices:
> 0:VIA8233(Duplex)
>
> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Midi devices:NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>
> Timers:
> 7:system timer
>
> Mixers:
> 0:Avance Logic ALC200/200P
> .............................................................................
>
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - general - aRts=enabled
> In KDE Control Center - sound - sound server - sound I/Omethod:
> Advanced linux Sound
> Architerct.
> NB It makes not difference whether aRts is enabled or not but if disabled
> then Advance linux Sound Architecture in sound IOmethod is disfunctional.
> ..............................................................................
>
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - system - services - alsa = running
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - system - services - sound = running
> In Mandrake Control Center 0.96 - system - hardware - gray blank
> ..............................................................................
>
> regards,
>
> John
> --
> John Richard Smith
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
--
-Frans
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