Re: instructions for setting up sound?

[Daniel Barclay <dsb@smart.net>]

Kent West wrote:
> 
> Daniel Barclay wrote:
> 
> >Can anyone point me to instructions for setting up audio that
> >addresses kernel messages such as:
> >
> >    modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-0
> >...
> What does "lspci" say your sound card is (assuming it's a PCI card - if
> it's (E)ISA, Yikes! I'm outta here . . .)?


02:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Asustek Computer, Inc.: Unknown device 8077
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping+ SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort
- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (500ns min, 6000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        Region 0: I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot
-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


I've got sound, and some mixer controls work (the CD-specific level
control works), but the PCM-specific level control does not.

Note that what I'm looking for a good explanation of how things work.
(E.g., where does the string "sound-service-0-0" come from (what portion
comes from what part of the kernel, or what would I see in mixer source), 
what are all those virtual (aliasable) modules names for (what does each do), etc.)



Daniel
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Daniel Barclay
dsb@smart.net