[linux-audio-user] missing snd-usb-audio module in Gentoo

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 17:14 +0000, Nigel Henry wrote:
> Hi. Amazingly after emerging alsa-lib, alsa-utils, and alsa-oss, running 
> alsaconf, and pushing up the master volume in alsamixer, the sounds worked 
> OOTB. I had to add snd-seq-midi to /etc/modules.autoload.d, as it hadn't 
> autoloaded at bootup. The problem is that even though the midi keyboard shows 
> up in /proc/bus/usb/devices, it does not show up in Qjackctl's midi connect 
> bay. Tried modprobe snd-usb-audio, but it complains that there is no such 
> module.

> # CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO is not set

Because there's really no such module.  Your kernel was compiled without
USB audio support.

> 
> Thats all folks. Any suggestions apart from "Reinstall the OS" welcome.
> 

Recompile the kernel with USB audio support.

If you don't know how to do that, ask on a Gentoo forum.

Lee