From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com ([207.69.200.110]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 159Yts-0002fE-00 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:07:04 -0400 Received: from stoned.asmodean.net (user-vcaut3j.dsl.mindspring.com [216.175.116.115]) by smtp6.mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA22376 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:06:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from raul.asmodean.net (raul.asmodean.net [192.168.1.2]) by stoned.asmodean.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) with SMTP id f5BL78q13248 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:07:08 -0500 Message-Id: <200106112107.f5BL78q13248@stoned.asmodean.net> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: "speakup@braille.uwo.ca" Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:06:31 -0500 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2300) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: alsa troubles Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Raul A. Gallegos" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I don't mind basic because I'm not against the idea that I've foobarred somewhere. Below is a checklist of what I've done. On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:23:10 -0700 (PDT), Cheryl Homiak wrote: >Ok, this is all going to sound really basic, but check the following. >Is sound support enabled in your kernel compile--sound support but no >sound devices. Correct. Only said y to sound support, n to the rest. >2. I am wondering about your compile order; I can't find anything about >it now, but somehow I had the impression you needed to compile the libs >before the driver, but in that case you should have had an error when >compiling the driver. Did you check your compiles at each step for >errors? Not trying to be insulting, just trying not to miss anything. Compile in the order I did was no errors. Not insulting at all. >3. Have you checked /var/log/messages for a record of what happened when >the sound driver loaded? Also, have you checked the info on your screen >before the login prompt? A problem with loading the module(s) should show >up there. Yes and there is nothing mentioning anything regarding sound. When I try running /ec/rc.d/alsa start I get a lot of insmod errors though. >4. Have you also checked your /lib/modules/(whatever version kernel you're >using) to see if the necessary modules actually got installed there? They were installed in /lib/modules/2.2.19/misc as they should have been. >5. What messages do you get if you type "amixer" and/or "alsactl store"? root@stoned:~# amixer The alsa driver was not detected in this system. >6. I'm not familiar with what card you're using, ut if it's a >plug-and-play and you used isapnp support, do you now have a isapnp.conf >file and what does it tell you? I only have an isapnp.conf-sample. I have an sb-64 isa pnp. >These are all the ideas I can think of at the moment. Even if none of >them help, maybe one of them will lead you to the problem. > Thanks. Also, the card is not listed in /proc/interrupts and /proc/devices Raul A. Gallegos -- raul@asmodean.net msn id: ragallegos@hotmail.com -- icq: 5283055 http://www.asmodean.net