Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] not quite so simple.... mandrake 9.0 +devfs help!!
From: iriXx (m_AT_irixx.org)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 18:45:42 EET
hmmm well that is the strangest bit... this is lsmod:
[root_AT_hamish alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5]# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 35940 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 10904 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-seq-oss 23776 0 (unused)
snd-usb-audio 34176 0 (unused)
ppp_deflate 41024 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp 4344 0 (autoclean)
sg 31276 0 (autoclean) (unused)
st 26740 0 (autoclean) (unused)
sr_mod 15096 0 (autoclean) (unused)
sd_mod 11788 0 (autoclean) (unused)
scsi_mod 90372 4 (autoclean) [sg st sr_mod sd_mod]
ide-cd 28712 0 (autoclean)
cdrom 26848 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod ide-cd]
floppy 49340 0 (autoclean)
autofs4 9340 2 (autoclean)
nfs 67328 1 (autoclean)
parport_pc 21672 1 (autoclean)
lp 6720 0 (autoclean)
parport 23936 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
snd-seq-midi-event 3208 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 33168 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
usbcore 58304 0 [snd-usb-audio]
snd-pcm 55808 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-usb-audio]
snd-timer 9932 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 12640 0 [snd-usb-audio]
snd-seq-device 3836 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd 24492 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
snd-usb-audio snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3780 0 [snd]
nfsd 66576 8 (autoclean)
lockd 46480 1 (autoclean) [nfs nfsd]
sunrpc 60188 1 (autoclean) [nfs nfsd lockd]
ds 6828 2
yenta_socket 9728 2
pcmcia_core 42272 0 [ds yenta_socket]
ppp_async 7456 1
ppp_generic 20064 3 [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 5072 0 [ppp_generic]
af_packet 13000 0 (autoclean)
ip_vs 74328 0 (autoclean)
mwave 30820 4
nls_iso8859-15 3356 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp850 3580 1 (autoclean)
vfat 9588 1 (autoclean)
fat 31864 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount 14340 2 (autoclean)
rtc 6560 0 (autoclean)
D R Holsbeck wrote:
> 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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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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