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 - 18:46:28 EET
thanks.... yes that occurred to me too, however ps -def | grep artsd
shows nothing.... :(
m~
Jan "Evil Twin" Depner wrote:
> Another shot in the dark. XMMS doesn't like anything else having (or
> recntly having the soundcard). Check to see if artsd is running. If
> so, kill it and then run XMMS.
>
> Jan
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 08:58, iriXx wrote:
>
>>ok..... i'm trying this... same steps as last night:
>>
>>make sure alsa-data, libalsa2 and libalsa2-devel rpms are installed
>>
>>cd /usr/src/alsa-driver
>>make uninstall
>>make clean
>>
>>removed all modules from /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/sound
>>
>>./configure --with-cards=usb-audio,cs4232,cs4231,cs4236,cs46xx
>>(others are internal sound for thinkpad 600E which i havent got working
>>yet but i build them anyhow!)
>>
>>make
>>
>>make produces a lot of this stuff... anyone know what it is?
>>
>>/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/build/include/linux/modules/timer.ver:10:1:
>>warning: this is the location of the previous definition
>>In file included from
>>/usr/src/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5/include/sndversions.h:21,
>> from /usr/src/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5/include/adriver.h:41,
>> from
>>/usr/src/alsa-driver-0.9.0rc5/include/sound/driver.h:43,
>> from ../alsa-kernel/core/info_oss.c:22,
>> from info_oss.c:2:
>>
>>m
>>
>>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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