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

[Jan "Evil Twin" Depner]

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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> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>>>> 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 ***
>