Re: Trouble with Alsa 0.9.6-5, 2.4.22 AC97 audio and /dev/mixer under Gnome 2.4.0-1
On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 12:30, guenter geiger wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In Gnome Volume Control 2.4.0, I try to set the volume, but get
> > the error
> > <QUOTE>
> > Unable to open audio device '/dev/mixer'.
> > Please check that you have permissions to open 'dev/mixer'
> > and that you have sound support in your kernel.
> > </QUOTE>
> >
> > Well....
> >
> > The motherboard is a Shuttle FX41 that has Via KM266/VT8375 N.B.
> > and VT8235 S.B. that is AC'97 2.2 compliant.
> >
> > $ dir /dev/mixer
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Nov 6 17:24 /dev/mixer -> /dev/mixer0
> >
> > $ dir /dev/mixer0
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 0 Nov 6 17:24 /dev/mixer0
> >
> > $ grep audio /etc/group
> > audio:x:29:me
> >
> > # lsmod
> > Module Size Used by Not tainted
> > sound 58324 0 (unused)
> > ac97_codec 13576 0
> > [snip non-sound stuff]
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts? (Besides "Bugger off, snot brain!")
>
> Try loading the snd-via82xx module as your sounddriver
Tried that. The problem is that ACPI is broken on this mobo, and
it was preventing snd-via82xx from being loaded.
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