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

[iriXx]

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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