[linux-audio-user] Fwd: ALSA problem: No such device ??

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 11:50 -0700, J Wang wrote:
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> I'm trying to get ALSA 1.0.9b up on a VIA Epia with an onboard VIA 8233
> soundcard. I know the hardware is there because dmesg says:
> 
> -----
> Via 686a/8233/8235 audio driver 1.9.1-ac3
> ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: VIA97 (Unknown)
> via82cxxx: board #1 at 0xDC00, IRQ 10
> Enabled Via MIDI
> -----
> 
> These messages come from via82cxxx_audio.c (I'm using the 2.4.26 kernel).  

That's the OSS driver, which you must have built into the kernel.  You
can't run the OSS and ALSA driver at the same time.  Rebuild the kernel
and disable OSS and it will work.

Lee