From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EbqUA-0000Ll-VE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:23:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAF2MuhM003786; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:22:56 GMT Received: from mailhost.idcomm.com (mailhost.idcomm.com [216.98.192.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAF2J8HV002660 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:19:09 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.101] (dsl7-res52.idcomm.com [216.98.207.52]) by mailhost.idcomm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5535A97F0C for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:19:08 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] yet more ALSA trouble From: Robert Morris To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:19:10 -0700 Message-Id: <1132021150.20204.8.camel@apollo.twilightsedge.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1fe2b619-9720-4d6c-9fb0-ec49a808eebd X-Archives-Hash: 28b3ef5a3ac5cf599280d6bddd865ebb On Sun, 2005-11-13 at 23:13 -0800, Phil Thomson wrote: > Hi, > > Reading the archives, I noticed there's been a looooooooong thread on > ALSA trouble, so I hesitate to post a similar problem, but following > the relevant steps outlined in that thread so far hasn't seemed to > help my own problem with ALSA. > > I've been trying to get ALSA working with my Nvidia nForce2 AC97 > onboard sound card, but without much luck. > GentooBoxGuy ~ # lspci | grep audio > 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 > AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1) > > for which the ALSA soundcard matrix says intel8x0 is the appropriate driver. > > Here's lsmod | grep snd: > > snd_seq 34192 0 > snd_seq_device 4876 1 snd_seq > snd_pcm_oss 37184 0 > snd_mixer_oss 12992 1 snd_pcm_oss > snd_intel8x0 21664 0 > snd_ac97_codec 52440 1 snd_intel8x0 > snd_pcm 53572 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec > snd_timer 15972 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm > snd 32004 8 > snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer > snd_page_alloc 5604 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm > > GentooBoxGuy ~ # cat /etc/modules.d/alsa > # Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. > # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v > 1.4 2004/11/16 01:31:22 eradicator Exp $ > > # ALSA portion > # OSS/Free portion > > ## > ## IMPORTANT: > ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) > ## and then run `update-modules' command. > ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. > ## > ## ALSA portion > ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 > ## OSS/Free portion > ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 > ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 > ## > > # OSS/Free portion - card #1 > ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 > ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss > ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss > ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss > > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss > > # Set this to the correct number of cards. > > # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9a --- > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > /proc/asound/cards has nothing in it. I have a nForce2 board as well, here is what I have. robert@apollo ~ $ lsmod | grep snd snd_intel8x0 29696 1 snd_ac97_codec 82428 1 snd_intel8x0 robert@apollo ~ $ cat /etc/modules.d/alsa # Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.1 2003/08/05 21:07:55 johnm Exp $ # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore ## ## IMPORTANT: ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) ## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 ## OSS/Free portion alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ## # OSS/Free portion - card #1 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 ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss # Set this to the correct number of cards. options snd cards_limit=1 robert@apollo ~ $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [nForce2 ]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2 NVidia nForce2 with ALC650F at 0xe5080000, irq 19 Not sure that helps or not, but it looks like there are a few things missing from your config. Specifically this section: # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore Hope that helps, Robert -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list