[linux-audio-user] newbie to linux sound

[The Other]

10/17/04

Hello Luke,

Just a quick question....  Did you compile your kernel with the CS46XX as  
a module?  This may be a kernel issue rather than a sound issue.
Stephen.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:37:03 +0930, Luke (Terry) Vanderfluit  
<luke at chipcity.com.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've compiled and installed all the alsa packages (driver, lib, utils)
> successfully.
> Now, when I try to do:
> 'modprobe snd-cs46xx; modprobe snd-pcm-oss; modprobe snd-mixer-oss;
> modprobe snd-seq-oss'
>
> I get the error:
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/sound/pci/cs46xx/snd-cs46xx.o: init_module:
> No such device
>
> I've added the following to /etc/modules.conf
>
> # ALSA portion
>         alias char-major-116 snd
>         alias snd-card-0 snd-cs46xx
> # module options should go here
>
> # OSS/Free portion
>         alias char-major-14 soundcore
>         alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
>
> # card #1
>         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
>
> any help appreciated,
> regards,
> Luke
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 14:02, Luke (Terry) Vanderfluit wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new to linux sound (but not to sound or linux)
>> So I'm starting off on a journey and need some help.
>>
>> I have a dman pci card with cs46xx chipset.
>>
>> I'm using Redhat 9, when my machine booted it detected the card and
>> configured it.
>> However, all is not right.
>> there are lots of crackles and pops when the volume is up.
>>
>> It can play wavs but it seems the volume needs to be quite high.
>>
>> I have downloaded the alsa tarballs (driver, lib, utils)
>>
>>
>> what should be my first step in trouble shooting this setup
>>
>> thanks,
>> kind regards,
>> Luke