Re: ALSA modules not loading
This was the problem. Once I added myslef to the audio
group I was able to play music no problems. As someone
else from the list suggested I'll file a bug report
against alsaconf. Thanks.
Richard
--- Caleb Shay <caleb@webninja.com> wrote:
> Let me guess. You used alsaconf to configure alsa,
> right? I ran into
> the same problem. If you edit your alsa config file
> (in
> /etc/alsa/modutils) you will see the line that
> contains the snd_dac_etc
> stuff, just delete the whole line and things should
> work.
>
> Caleb
>
> On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 16:23, Richard Weil wrote:
> > Yet another ALSA question ...
> >
> > Problems are with a maestro-2 (es1968) soundcard
> > running on 2.4.18-ac3, ALSA compiled from source
> on an
> > up-to-date Woody system.[Same problems occurred
> with
> > other kernels, but I never fixed them.]
> >
> > In a nutshell, the ALSA modules won't load
> > automatically. If I use "insmod" I can insert the
> > relevant sound modules one-by-one and ALSA works.
> If I
> > use "modprobe" I can get all of the sound modules
> to
> > load _except_ for "snd-card-es1968". I get the
> > following error:
> >
> > lib/modules/2.4.18-ac3/alsa/snd-card-es1968.o:
> invalid
> > parameter parm_snd_dac_frame_size
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-ac3/alsa/snd-card-es1968.o:
> insmod
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-ac3/alsa/snd-card-es1968.o
> failed
> >
> > /lib/modules/2.4.18-ac3/alsa/snd-card-es1968.o:
> insmod
> > snd-card-es1968 failed
> >
> > I think this error is probably whats stopping the
> > modules from loading automatically when I start a
> > player, like alsaplayer. I've checked in
> > /etc/modules.conf and everything looks fine. The
> > parameter mentioned as being invalid is fine per
> the
> > ALSA docs. I also tried it with a few different
> values
> > and still no dice.
> >
> > Any ideas? Why would insmod work but not modprobe?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Richard
> >
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