Re: soundcard recognized but not accessible
On 2008-10-01 15:14 +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> There are several possibilities:
>> - Build the driver from the ALSA project. You need the alsa-driver
>> package:
>> ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.17.tar.bz2.
>> Do *not* use Debian's alsa-source package, since that has the firmware
>> removed as well.
> this seems to be the easiest solution. i will give it a try.
>
> actually, this doesn't seem to work for me (but maybe i am just doing
> something wrong). got the file, but configure tells me (after some
> fiddling)
>
> checking for built-in ALSA... yes
> configure: error: You have built-in ALSA in your kernel.
I have to confess that I don't understand that. That message only
appears if CONFIG_SND=y, but Debian Kernels use CONFIG_SND=m.
What is your kernel version (according to /proc/version)?
> according to some webpages, it's not possible to have alsa both as
> module and in the kernel - but i just need one module that according
> to you isn't present in the kernel. is there any way how to do this?
> or do i first have to recompile the kernel?
If it's been built with CONFIG_SND=y, then yes. But it would be very
strange if that is really the case.
Sven
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