Re: alsaconf cannot find my es1371
Hello
Joe Mc Cool (<joe@benburb.demon.co.uk>) wrote:
> sarge, 2.2.20 kernel
If you still use the Woody installation kernel, you should upgrade to
kernel 2.4.27 or 2.6.8.
> insmod es1371 works fine and I can play sound no problem.
That's the OSS driver.
> For some time I have been struggling to get sound recording to work.
> This was part of my reason to upgrade from woody to sarge. So, I
> thought I'd try alssa.
>
> apt-get install alsa
> no errors
That installed the alsa-base package. You still need the alsa-modules
(that you need to compile yourself, e.g. using module-assistant), and
you probably also want to install alsa-oss (for OSS compatibility) and
alsa-utils (includes alsamixer, by default your card is mute).
> but alsaconf does not detect the es1371.
Because you are missing the alsa-modules or your card is blocked by the
OSS driver I think. The easiest way to get ALSA working is probably to
install some 2.6.8-2 kernel image (already includes alsa modules) and
hotplug, or some 2.4.27 kernel image, the matching alsa-modules-2.4.27
package, and discover. hotplug and/or discover will load the drivers
when you boot, all you need to do is to make sure that the OSS es1372
driver is not in your /etc/modules.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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