[linux-audio-user] Alsa with OPL3-SA2 on Asus Laptop

[Gustavo Zamorano S.]

Chris:
Did you run alsaconf that is under the alsa-driver-0.9.0rc6/utils 
directory  ?.  It should recognize what chip you have and modify 
/etc/modules.conf accordingly...
GZS

Dave Phillips wrote:

>Hi Chris:
>
>  If you can access the machine's BIOS when you boot it up perhaps you
>can retrieve some more detailed information regarding the audio chipset
>and its configuration.
>
>  For completeness sake I have to ask: how did you configure ALSA ? Did
>you build and install the entire package ? Were there any problems with
>it ?
>
>Best regards,
>
>== Dave Phillips
>
>	The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
>	The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
>
>Currently listening to: Brian Eno, "Unfamiliar Wind"
>
>
>Chris Bray wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi All;
>>
>>I've been trying for a couple of days now to get
>>any sound from my laptop (rebadged Asus L7000,
>>Slackware 8.1, vanilla 2.4.20) and seem to be
>>getting nowhere fast.
>>
>>I've tried OSS/Free and Alsa (0.9.0rc2 and 0.5.12a)
>>and can't seem to get anything working.
>>
>>OSS just hangs as I modprobe the module, no log entries
>>or anything I can find.
>>
>>isapnp.conf contains all the settings that Windows
>>is using and everytime I try to get it running with
>>
>>modprobe snd-opl3sa2 (or snd-card-opl3sa2)
>>
>>I get
>>        "Yamaha OPL3-SA Soundcard not found or device busy"
>>
>>Can anyone please help me as I'm getting to the end
>>of my patience!
>>
>>I am a bit of a newbie so if anyone has any ideas what
>>I could have missed then please let me know.
>>
>>Chris Bray
>>
>>(Frustrated)
>>    
>>
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