RE: sound card

[Lehel Bernadt <blehel@kabelkon.ro>]

On 11-Aug-2000 cam wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I've tried unsuccessfully to get my Aureal sound card (8810 chipset) to
> work.  When I attempt to install the drivers I get the following error:
> 
> make install AUCHIP=AU8810
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/au88xx-1.0.5'
> mv -f /etc/modules.conf /etc/modules.conf.old
> gawk -f mod_conf /etc/modules.conf.old > /etc/modules.conf
> echo "alias sound au8810" >> /etc/modules.conf
> echo "alias midi au8810" >> /etc/modules.conf
> mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc
> cp -f au8810.o /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc
> /sbin/depmod -a
> /sbin/modprobe au8810
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/au8810.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/au8810.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/au8810.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/au8810.o: insmod au8810 failed
> make[1]: [install] Error 255 (ignored)
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/au88xx-1.0.5'
> 
> If no one is able to help...can some suggest a good sound card that is
> widely supported under linux?  I may just give up and buy a new card.
> Thanx.

Just modprobing the module is often not enough. You should give the io,irq and
dma of the card as parameters.