Re: trouble with Quake3+ALSA+debian: try #2
Try this again. I have also added some additional information to the end.
On Thursday 16 August 2001 01:20 pm, James D. Freels wrote:
> We have a fairly stock Debian/testing system. Layered over this is
> the 0.9.0beta6 ALSA packages (driver,lib,utils) and Quake3 Arena. We
> also have a via686a sound card built on an Aopen-63k-pro motherboard.
>
> The sound for all applications (xmms, kscd, realplay, etc.) works as
> expected except for Quake3. I have read about the problems with
> Quake in this newsgroup, but I would like to ask again for current
> knowledge.
>
> We receive the message that it cannot find the /dev/dsp device. This
> is strange because all the required modules are loaded and seem to be
> working as they should.
>
> Does anyone know what can be done to correct this problem? I have
> attached the relevant configuration files.
>
> Also, is 0.9.0beta6 more current than 0.5.11 ?
>
> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
> #
> # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
> # a #, and everything on the line after them are ignored.
> NVdriver
> # for alsa-sound
> soundcore
> snd-card-via686a
> snd-mixer-oss
> snd-pcm-oss
> snd-seq-oss
>
> # /etc/modutils/sound: entry in /etc/modules.conf
> # ALSA portion
> alias char-major-116 snd
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
> alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via686a
> options snd-card-interwave snd_index-0 snd_id="82C686A"
> # OSS/Free portion
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> 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
Output from lsmod showing modules loaded, but not playing Quake3 sound:
lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd-seq-midi 4624 0 (autoclean) (unused)
snd-seq-oss 26880 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3296 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 46752 1 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 47024 0
snd-mixer-oss 11216 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-card-via686a 7632 0
snd-pcm 58688 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-card-via686a]
snd-timer 11472 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3744 0 [snd-card-via686a]
snd-rawmidi 14304 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4592 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-ac97-codec 24176 0 [snd-card-via686a]
snd 34464 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-via686a snd-pcm
snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec]
soundcore 4080 6 [snd]
NVdriver 655424 0
Output of cat /proc/asound/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.9.0beta6 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux jackal 2.4.8 #8 Tue Aug 14 23:18:54 EDT 2001 i686
Config options: 0
Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation
Card config:
VIA 82C686A/B at 0xdc00, irq 5
Audio devices:
0: VIA 82C686A (DUPLEX)
Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 (UART)
Timers:
7: system timer
Mixers:
0: mixer00
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James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
freelsjd@ornl.gov - work
jdfreels@home.com - home
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