[Techtalk] Alsa on Debian unstable

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On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 06:17:57PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote:

> 
> I think IRQ errors are usually non-fatal. Usually sound errors in sid
> are from having both alsa and OSS modules loaded. Do lsmod (paste it
> here) and look if there are both snd-* modules and the standard OSS
> modules. This seems to happen often with hotplug.
> 
> Also, did alsaconf work, what does alsamixer say, etc. If it is an IRQ
> problem, the most common way to try to tackle it is to choose a
> different way of the kernel detecting them, especially with regards to
> how the whole thing interacts with ACPI. You can try booting with
> pci=noacpi for this purpose. The other options are documented in linux
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> 
> greets,
> Wim

Alsaconf works, in that it detects the card, but then fails to find a
card for some reason.

supergrass orchid # alsaconf
modinfo: could not find module snd
modinfo: could not find module snd
modinfo: could not find module snd
Building card database..

            Following card(s) are found on your system.                     
       intel8x0 Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)     
       legacy   Probe legacy ISA (non-PnP) chips                            

Running update-modules...
Loading driver...
Starting ALSA.../etc/init.d/alsa: Error: alsactl restore failed with message 'alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...'.
done.
Setting default volumes...
Saving the mixer setup used for this in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1061: No soundcards found...
===============================================================================
 Now ALSA is ready to use.
 For adjustment of volumes, use your favorite mixer.
 Have a lot of fun!

My kernel has no oss enabled, compiled in nor as a module:
          < > Open Sound System (DEPRECATED)      

alsamixer says: 

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

and lsmod: 

Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia               3470492  14 
ipv6                  229892  8 
eth1394                19976  0 
ohci1394               32004  0 
ieee1394              100408  2 eth1394,ohci1394
snd_intel8x0m          19784  0 
snd_intel8x0           35500  0 
gameport                4736  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart         8192  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi            25124  1 snd_mpu401_uart
piix                   12448  1 
hw_random               5524  0 
uhci_hcd               29328  0 
usbcore               104420  3 uhci_hcd
intel_agp              20640  1 
agpgart                31912  2 intel_agp
parport_pc             33476  0 
parport                37448  1 parport_pc
mousedev                9868  2 
psmouse                17928  0 
evdev                   8832  0 
rtc                    12216  0 

I will try booting with pci=noacpi next and let you know if that works.

Thanks

-- 
Angelina Carlton