Re: [gentoo-dev] Creative Vibra128 Sound install

["Kevin Gordon" <kgordon@paradise.net.nz>]

Here is my negative progress! I quessed that snd-card-ens1371 might be the
correct driver. As commented earlier snd-card-sb16 would not load on my
system but snd-card-ens1371 does load. However when running amixer I have an
error message "The ALSA sound driver was not detected on this system". I
then when to Creative.com Asia (no good) then when to Creative.com USA -->
Soundblaster.com/support and entered the Model number CT4810. Oh my card is
"Sound Blaster Ensoniq AudioPCI". Got that wrong! But should be a ESxxxx
chip and it is a CT5880-DCQ chip? Looked for a Linux Driver "Sorry no driver
at this time for Ensoniq AudioPCI"! Does anyone know a ALSA developer who
would know whether a driver is due or of any alternative driver that might
work on my SoundBlaster Model CT4810?

Thanks for your replies.
Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian Werner" <sebastian@werner-productions.de>
To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Creative Vibra128 Sound install


> Am Mon, 2001-12-31 um 01.31 schrieb jano:
> > > Hey
> > >
> > > Normally you don't need the init.d-script... this is the file of the
> > > default alsa-installation i think. Mhh.
> > >
> > > You don't must reboot to take changes effect. Try to call
> > > update-modules manually. I don't know if it is done by the system
while
> > > booting.
> > >
> > > Remove the entry in modules.autoload. I think it's enough to put some
> > > lines to aliases:
> >
> > Why?  here's my /etc/modules.autoload:
> > snd-card-0
> > snd-pcm-oss
> > snd-seq-oss
> > snd-mixer-oss
> >
> > That loads my sound card, and the oss compatability modules.
> >
> > Then i created a /etc/modules.d/alsa file which contains the proper
aliases
> > what the alsa docs ask for.  This is followed by modules-update.
*shrug*
> > While your script works, you're just redoing what's already been done :)
> >
> >
>
> No!
>
> This is not correct. My script / my solution loads modules by need not
> every start up with the system boot. The way to load all modules in
> modules.autoload i don't like. My system have a minimum kernel and all
> other things in modules. This is why there are modules. If you load them
> every start you could build a kernel without any modules!
>
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > alias /dev/sound soundcore
> > > alias /dev/dsp soundcore
> > > post-install soundcore /sbin/mysound.sh start
> > >
> > > The contents of /sbin/mysound.sh:
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > >
> > > if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then
> > >  modprobe snd-card-${here paste your driver}
> > >  modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> > >  alsactl restore
> > > fi
> > >
> > > ... change mode to 755 (chmod 755 /sbin/mysound.sh)
> > >
> > > You can extend it with a stop-flag... I don't need this.
> > > I am set up the volume once and start alsactl store. So i have the
> > > correct volume each time i access the sound-device
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Sebastian Werner
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Am Mon, 2001-12-31 um 00.18 schrieb Kevin Gordon:
> > >> Hi everyone,
> > >> While doing sound install :
> > >> emerge media-sound/alsa-driver
> > >> depmod -a
> > >> /etc/init.d/alsa start
> > >> received error /etc/asound.conf not found
> > >> edited /etc/modules-autoload (with snd-card-sb16 which I think is ok
> > >> for Creative Vibra128)
> > >> edited /etc/modules.d/aliases
> > >> reboot (snd-card-sb16 did not start (!!) )
> > >> Any thoughts please?
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Kevin
> > >>
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