Re: linux bewbie lame question
Tendril wrote:
yes, the error now says "no device"
I logged into a terminal as root, changed to the /dev directory ant typed:
lspci
Here are the results:
<snip>
00:05.0 multimedia audio controller: cirrus logic cs 4614/22/24
[crystalclear soundfusion audio accelerator] (rev 01)
So this is your sound "card". A quick google for "linux cirrus cs
4614/22/24" turned up some interesting links, such as:
http://tuxmobil.org/ibm_a21p_e.html
which says "Sound works with ALSA |snd-card-cs461x|."
I'm no expert, but I _think_ what you need to do is install the alsa
modules for your kernel. Find out which kernel you have with "uname -a".
For example, on my box this command results in:
Linux acureg 2.4.18-686 #1 Sun Apr 14 11:32:47 EST 2002 i686 unknown
So I have a 2.4.18-686 kernel installed. To install the alsa modules for
this kernel, I'd search for it like so:
apt-cache search alsa-modules-2.4
which results in:
alsa-modules-2.4.16-386 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-586 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-586tsc - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-686 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-686-smp - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-k6 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
alsa-modules-2.4.16-k7 - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
Bummer. There are no alsa-modules in stable for the 2.4.18 kernel. This
means that I'd either need to upgrade/downgrade my kernel and/or system
to testing/unstable until I get a match. Alternatively I could download
the alsa source and compile the appropriate module, but that might be
beyond you as a newbie.
After installing the correct alsa-modules package, you'd then install
the appropriate module with "modprobe snd-card-cs461x". You can check to
see if you already have this module under /lib/modules/[uname -a]
somewhere, and if you have it, you can try modprobing it without
downloading/installing the alsa-modules package.
Confusing, ain't it?
--
Kent
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