Re: [linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!
From: D R Holsbeck (drh_AT_niptron.com)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 17:51:48 EET

so that means you are not getting the modules loaded. If the audio
modules are loaded you would have /dev/sound/dsp and the others.

On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 08:30, iriXx wrote:
> the other weird thing is i have nothing in /dev/sound except
> /dev/sound/sequencer and /dev/sound/sequencer2....
> mdk should have created /dev/sound from my modules.conf yes?...
> i dont actually have a device called /dev/sound..... just a directory
> with the two sequencers:
>
> [root_AT_hamish alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5]# ls -l /dev/soun*
> total 0
> crw------- 1 miriam audio 14, 1 Jan 1 1970 sequencer
> crw------- 1 miriam audio 14, 8 Jan 1 1970 sequencer2
>
> iriXx wrote:
> > hmmm this is where the problem arises, it points at itself....
> >
> > [root_AT_hamish alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5]# ls -l /dev/dsp0
> > crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 Dec 16 13:09 /dev/dsp0
> >
> >
> > D R Holsbeck wrote:
> >
> >> ok so what does ls -l /dev/dsp0 show you? /dev/dsp should point at
> >> lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 16 08:02 /dev/dsp ->
> >> sound/dsp
> >>
> >> you can do this manually for testing. Just rm -rf /dev/dsp, then
> >> ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/dsp. Does that work?
> >>
> >> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:59, iriXx wrote:
> >>
> >>> weird.... very weird.... apps are still complaining of no soundcard,
> >>> but this is output of ls -l /dev/dsp:
> >>>
> >>> [root_AT_hamish alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5]# ls -l /dev/dsp
> >>> lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 9 Dec 16 13:09 /dev/dsp ->
> >>> /dev/dsp0
> >>>
> >>> alias entries are still there in modules.conf too....
> >>>
> >>> one thing i didnt do last night (because the soundcard got running
> >>> without it) was uninstall the mandrake alsa rpms... i might do
> >>> that... after all rc5 source should have everything i need there...
> >>> it might be confusing the files....
> >>>
> >>> thankx
> >>>
> >>> m~
> >>>
> >>> D R Holsbeck wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> so what does ls -l /dev/dsp show you? Are the alias entries still in
> >>>> modules.conf, or did mandrake rebuild it for you?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:41, iriXx wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> no... thats the strangest thing, if it was unresolved symbols it
> >>>>> would make sense....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> modprobe snd-usb-audio snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd seq-oss all
> >>>>> are fine... no errors at all.....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> what happens is i open up xmms or any other sound app and it
> >>>>> complains my soundcard isnt there!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanx
> >>>>> m~
> >>>>>
> >>>>> D R Holsbeck wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> what are the errors? Unresolved symbols possibly?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 07:12, iriXx wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> hi all.....
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> well im afraid its not quite as simple as i thought.... got
> >>>>>>> errors this morning same as usual when loading the usb-audio
> >>>>>>> modules.
> >>>>>>> not really sure what would have caused this except that i've
> >>>>>>> rebooted.... maybe i havent cleaned out the existing alsa stuff
> >>>>>>> from mandrake enough?....
> >>>>>>> this is very confusing... last night everything worked fine....
> >>>>>>> i'll try all the steps i went through last night.... but im quite
> >>>>>>> puzzled.... again here is my modules.conf.... i might need some
> >>>>>>> help on this as mandrake 9.0 runs devfs.....
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> thanx
> >>>>>>> m
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> # ALSA portion
> >>>>>>> alias char-major-116 snd
> >>>>>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> # OSS/Free portion
> >>>>>>> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >>>>>>> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> # DEVFS STUFF
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/sound sound-slot-0
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/audio /dev/sound
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/mixer /dev/sound
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/dsp /dev/sound
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/dspW /dev/sound
> >>>>>>> alias /dev/midi /dev/sound
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I'm really not sure of the best place to put this, but
> >>>>>>>> the wiki sounds like a good start. I'm sure alsa-user
> >>>>>>>> would appreciated it. Also, I myself need an ALSA
> >>>>>>>> setup tutorial/troubleshoot for my own Mandrake site
> >>>>>>>> (it's still the one problem I get questions about),
> >>>>>>>> but I certainly don't want to draw you into a job you
> >>>>>>>> don't want ;-> The page is at:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http:www/esm.rochester.edu/kevine/turnkey/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You might also consider adding this to the Mandrake
> >>>>>>>> User Board, though it is quite a state of flux these
> >>>>>>>> days, and down entirely today.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Kevin
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> __________________________________________________
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> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> iriXx
> >>>>>>> www.iriXx.org
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> >>>>>>> info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>>>> www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> _
> >>>>>>> ( ) ascii ribbon against html email
> >>>>>>> X
> >>>>>>> / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *** stopping make sense ***
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> iriXx
> >>>>> www.iriXx.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>> copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> >>>>> info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>> www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _
> >>>>> ( ) ascii ribbon against html email
> >>>>> X
> >>>>> / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *** stopping make sense ***
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>> --
> >>> iriXx
> >>> www.iriXx.org
> >>>
> >>> copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> >>> info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>> www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
> >>>
> >>> _
> >>> ( ) ascii ribbon against html email
> >>> X
> >>> / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> *** stopping make sense ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> iriXx
> www.iriXx.org
>
> copyleft: creativity, technology and freedom?
> info_AT_copyleftmedia.org.uk
> www.copyleftmedia.org.uk
>
> _
> ( ) ascii ribbon against html email
> X
> / \ cat /dev/sda1 > /dev/dsp
>
>
> *** stopping make sense ***
>
> 

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