Re: ALSA problems sarge 2.4.25
<lebbatdot@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:1HYOD-4tA-3@gated-at.bofh.it...
> ALl
> I have been trying to get ALSA working on my admitadly old IBM 300PL for
> the last while. Extensive Googling and several kernel recompiles later
> I think I am in reverse!
> I am running sarge kernel version 2.4.25
> Here is the output of aadebug from the ALSA website
>
> sarge:~# ./aadebug
> ALSA Audio Debug v0.0.7 - Tue Apr 6 09:40:04 EDT 2004
> http://alsa.opensrc.org/?aadebug
>
> Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
> Linux sarge 2.4.25alsa3 #1 Mon Apr 5 22:57:41 EDT 2004 i586 GNU/Linux
>
> Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
> snd 34276 0
>
> Modules Conf ----------------------------------------------
> alias char-major-116 snd
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> options snd major=116 cards_limit=4
> 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
> alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss
> alias snd-card-0 snd-cs46xx
> alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1370
> alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-slot-0
> alias snd-slot-1 snd-card-1
> alias sound-slot-1 snd-slot-1
>
> Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.3.
> Compiled on Apr 6 2004 for kernel 2.4.25alsa3 with versioned symbols.
> --- no soundcards ---
> cat: /proc/asound/hwdep: No such file or directory
> cat: /proc/asound/pcm: No such file or directory
>
> Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
> controlC0 hwC1D2 midiC0D0 midiC1D2 midiC2D4 midiC3D6 pcmC0D3p
> pcmC1D0p pcmC1D5p pcmC2D2p pcmC2D7p pcmC3D4p
> controlC1 hwC1D3 midiC0D1 midiC1D3 midiC2D5 midiC3D7 pcmC0D4c
> pcmC1D1c pcmC1D6c pcmC2D3c pcmC3D0c pcmC3D5c
> controlC2 hwC2D0 midiC0D2 midiC1D4 midiC2D6 pcmC0D0 pcmC0D4p
> pcmC1D1p pcmC1D6p pcmC2D3p pcmC3D0p pcmC3D5p
> controlC3 hwC2D1 midiC0D3 midiC1D5 midiC2D7 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D5c
> pcmC1D2c pcmC1D7c pcmC2D4c pcmC3D1c pcmC3D6c
> hwC0D0 hwC2D2 midiC0D4 midiC1D6 midiC3D0 pcmC0D0p pcmC0D5p
> pcmC1D2p pcmC1D7p pcmC2D4p pcmC3D1p pcmC3D6p
> hwC0D1 hwC2D3 midiC0D5 midiC1D7 midiC3D1 pcmC0D1c pcmC0D6c
> pcmC1D3c pcmC2D0c pcmC2D5c pcmC3D2c pcmC3D7c
> hwC0D2 hwC3D0 midiC0D6 midiC2D0 midiC3D2 pcmC0D1p pcmC0D6p
> pcmC1D3p pcmC2D0p pcmC2D5p pcmC3D2p pcmC3D7p
> hwC0D3 hwC3D1 midiC0D7 midiC2D1 midiC3D3 pcmC0D2c pcmC0D7c
> pcmC1D4c pcmC2D1c pcmC2D6c pcmC3D3c seq
> hwC1D0 hwC3D2 midiC1D0 midiC2D2 midiC3D4 pcmC0D2p pcmC0D7p
> pcmC1D4p pcmC2D1p pcmC2D6p pcmC3D3p timer
> hwC1D1 hwC3D3 midiC1D1 midiC2D3 midiC3D5 pcmC0D3c pcmC1D0c
> pcmC1D5c pcmC2D2c pcmC2D7c pcmC3D4c
>
> CPU -------------------------------------------------------
> model name : Pentium MMX
> cpu MHz : 199.435
>
> RAM -------------------------------------------------------
> MemTotal: 62080 kB
> SwapTotal: 243892 kB
>
> Hardware --------------------------------------------------
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430HX - 82439HX TXC [Triton II] (rev
> 03)
> 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
>
>
>
> A little histoy
>
> I tried to get the onboard CS chip working, the kernel recognised it and
> all seemed well, but no sound.
>
> I then installed a cheap soundblaster card
>
> now when I try a dpkg -i on the alsa deb I get
>
> sarge:/usr/src# dpkg -D2000 -i
> alsa-modules-2.4.25alsa3_1.0.3-1+custom3_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 37622 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace alsa-modules-2.4.25alsa3 1.0.3-1+custom3 (using
> alsa-modules-2.4.25alsa3_1.0.3-1+custom3_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement alsa-modules-2.4.25alsa3 ...
> D002000: process_archive info this pkg
> D002000: process_archive info this pkg
> D002000: process_archive info this pkg
> D002000: process_archive info this pkg
> Setting up alsa-modules-2.4.25alsa3 (1.0.3-1+custom3) ...
> Configuration file for ALSA 1.0 exists.
> Attempting to start.
>
> Storing ALSA mixer settings ... failed
> Shutting down ALSA (version 1.0.3): done.
> Starting ALSA (version 1.0.3): cs46xx-failed ens1370-failed failed
>
> Note the lack of information?
>
> The log traces are similarily not very verbose
>
> ANy ideas on what to try next?
>
>
> Help appreciated
>
> Brian
>
>
Have you tried a 2.6.x kernel? It is designed to work with ALSA.
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