Re: ALSA and kernel 2.4.19

[Donald Spoon <dspoon@astcomm.net>]

Magnus Therning wrote:
> I am a bit confused here. I got alsa sound to work perfectly with the
> 2.4.18 kernel, but then I upgraded the kernel package (and the
> alsa-modules package) to the 2.4.19 variant, and all of a sudden I have
> no sound any more. This is what '/etc/init.d/alsa start' spits out:
>
> Warning: ignoring snd_major=116, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_cards_limit=1, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_mode=0660, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_gid=29, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_uid=0, no such parameter in this module
> Module snd loaded, with warnings
> Starting ALSA sound driver (version 0.9.0rc6):
> Warning: ignoring snd_major=116, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_cards_limit=1, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_mode=0660, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_gid=29, no such parameter in this module
> Warning: ignoring snd_device_uid=0, no such parameter in this module
> Module snd loaded, with warnings
>  (via686)
>
> 'depmod -a' also reveals the following:
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.19-386/alsa/snd-vxp440.o
> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
> /lib/modules/2.4.19-386/alsa/snd-vxpocket.o
>
> I attached the contents of /etc/modutils/alsa.
>
> After all this I don't have any sound :-(
> All help is appreciated in explaining and fixing this.
>
> /M
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # ALSA
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias snd-card-0 snd-via686
> 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
>
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
> #options snd-card-via686a snd_index=0 snd_id=CARD_0 snd_mpu_port=0x300 snd_joystick=0x300 snd_pbk_frame_size=4 snd_cap_frame_size=4
>
> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss

I have just been struggling with the same sound chipset.  I think you 
have the wrong "driver" module.  Starting about RC4 or RC5, the ALSA 
folks rolled the "snd-via686" module into the "snd-via82xx" module, and 
dropped the former.  The ALSA driver modules for the 2.4.19 kernel are 
RC6, I believe, and the "snd-via686" module isn't present in my install. 
 I would recommend you change it, i.e change:

"alias snd-card-0 snd-via686"

to read:

"alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx" in the attached file.

Also, I have got mine running without any "options".  If you still get 
the error messages after making the change above, I would just comment 
out the first "options" line too and see what breaks.

I get the same depmod errors here too, but they don't seem to affect 
anything that I can tell.  I think they are for a different sound 
chipset...dunno for sure.

HTH,

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-