Re: No more sound with Alsa under Debian testing

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

roy.nico@free.fr wrote:

> > You could try putting the sound card module in /etc/modules which will
> > ensure it's loaded at boot which should sort problem 1.
> >
> > Not sure how you address 2.
> 
> Hello.
> Thanks for your proposition.
> Unfortunatly, for a few days, i have no sound at all. But the command
> "lsmod |grep snd" returns
> 
> snd_cmipci             31296  0
> gameport               14344  1 snd_cmipci
> snd_pcm_oss            35968  0
> snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                74532  2 snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_page_alloc          9512  1 snd_pcm
> snd_opl3_lib            9824  1 snd_cmipci
> snd_timer              20836  2 snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
> snd_hwdep               8676  1 snd_opl3_lib
> snd_mpu401_uart         7520  1 snd_cmipci
> snd_rawmidi            22560  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device          7756  2 snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
> snd                    48100  10
> snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> soundcore               9216  1 snd
> 
> 
> which seems to indicate that the module is actually loaded.
> 
> 
> nico

Your lsmod looks the same as mine (similar card, sarge with an etch
kernel).

Let's try comparing setups. I have these packages installed:

bixi:/home/amp77# dpkg -l *alsa* | grep ii
ii  alsa-base            1.0.8-7           ALSA driver configuration files
ii  alsa-utils           1.0.8-4           ALSA utilities

I also have some alsa players and mixers, but they are not relevant.

bixi:/home/amp77# ls /etc/mod*
/etc/modules  /etc/modules~  /etc/modules.conf  /etc/modules.conf.old

/etc/modprobe.d:
00local  aliases  alsa-base  arch  arch-aliases  blacklist  display_class  pnp-hotplug  sound

/etc/modutils:
0keep  actions  aliases  alsa-base  apm  arch  paths

Ok, I'm sure some of these are not necessary for you (I still have the
2.6.8 kernel installed), probably the /etc/modutils directory
(modutils package) is obsolete.

bixi:/home/amp77# cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base | grep cmipci
install snd-cmipci modprobe --ignore-install snd-cmipci && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-cmipci

HTH,
Andrei
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