Re: ALSA not working in 2.6.5 Kernel (PB G4 1G)
On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 03:41, Hong Jiang wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I upgraded the kernel from 2.4.25 to 2.6.5 today, by "apt-get install
> kernel-source-2.6.5" and building it afterward. After reboot Arts said
>
> Sound server informational message:
> Error while initializing the sound driver:
> SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT failed - Invalid argument
> The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
Well it is no wonder. You still have the dmasound* oss stuff loaded and
thus the device is busy and alsa cannot take over.
Simply disable dmasound in the kernel config or rmmod all the dmasound*
i2c_keywest modules before trying to load the alsa ones.
> i2c_keywest 12164 0
> dmasound_pmac 95972 0
> dmasound_core 23408 1 dmasound_pmac
> i2c_core 28036 2 i2c_keywest,dmasound_pmac
^^^ follow the silent cry rmmod me
Soeren
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