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jlanza
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 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:23 pm Post subject: ALSA Emu10k1 Help Please |
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I has emu10k1 support for my audigy working perfectly in 2.6.3 until i rebooted my machine. when the kernel is booting i get the message
/dev/mixer does not exist please create it or load the correct modules to enable your cards mixer.
lsmod give me
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Module Size Used by
snd_emu10k1 65412 1
snd_rawmidi 20640 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 58884 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_util_mem 3584 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 7712 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_oss 32256 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6272 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 51984 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6920 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 48804 0
snd_pcm 85668 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9476 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_timer 22148 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 46820 15 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 7648 1 snd
nvidia 1701804 10
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I also noticed in alsa mixer that 3 options were gone. something like
emu10k1 front, emu10k1 surrond and emu10k1 center
my kernel config looks like this:
<M> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture │ │
│ │ <M> Sequencer support │ │
│ │ < > Sequencer dummy client │ │
│ │ [*] OSS API emulation │ │
│ │ <M> OSS Mixer API │ │
│ │ <M> OSS PCM (digital audio) API │ │
│ │ [*] OSS Sequencer API
with emu10k1 compiled in as a module
Why would this just not work on a reboot? |
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scoon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: ALSA Emu10k1 Help Please |
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| jlanza wrote: | I has emu10k1 support for my audigy working perfectly in 2.6.3 until i rebooted my machine. when the kernel is booting i get the message
/dev/mixer does not exist please create it or load the correct modules to enable your cards mixer.
lsmod give me
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Module Size Used by
snd_emu10k1 65412 1
snd_rawmidi 20640 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 58884 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_util_mem 3584 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 7712 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_seq_oss 32256 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6272 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 51984 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6920 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 48804 0
snd_pcm 85668 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9476 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_timer 22148 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 46820 15 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_util_mem,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 7648 1 snd
nvidia 1701804 10
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I also noticed in alsa mixer that 3 options were gone. something like
emu10k1 front, emu10k1 surrond and emu10k1 center
my kernel config looks like this:
<M> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture │ │
│ │ <M> Sequencer support │ │
│ │ < > Sequencer dummy client │ │
│ │ [*] OSS API emulation │ │
│ │ <M> OSS Mixer API │ │
│ │ <M> OSS PCM (digital audio) API │ │
│ │ [*] OSS Sequencer API
with emu10k1 compiled in as a module
Why would this just not work on a reboot? |
Hey there,
If you upgraded you kernel then you should also check and make certain that you have the same version of alsa-libs and alsa-tools and alsa-oss running also. That could be the problem you are having. I have an audigy 2 zs and have been running a 2.6.3 kernel until I put in a 2.6.4. I have had no problems but I do make sure that all of my alsa libs, not just kernel stuff, is up to date.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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they are all the same,
why would this make a difference if all i did was reboot my machine? |
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scoon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | they are all the same,
why would this make a difference if all i did was reboot my machine? |
Sorry man,
I don't have an answer. That versioning burnt me before and I fixed that and sound was fixed for me. Did you do a 'make mrproper' on you new kernel before building it? Sometimes cleaning out the kernel source tree can make a difference.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| i wasnt upgrading my kernel, it was my original one. i just haddent rebooted yet, and did and no alsa |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | | i wasnt upgrading my kernel, it was my original one. i just haddent rebooted yet, and did and no alsa |
Sorry man,
there is NO reason for that to happen then. Why did you reboot? What is the output of /etc/init.d/alsasound restart.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
* Unloading ALSA...
* Storing ALSA Mixer Levels
* Unloading modules [ ok ]
* Loading ALSA drivers...
* Using ALSA OSS emulation
* Loading: snd-mixer-oss
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss
* Loading: snd-seq-oss
* Running card-dependent scripts
* Restoring Mixer Levels [ ok ]
ok now when i go to xmms instead of just playing a song and nothing coming out it gives me a message saying my soundcard isnt configured properly or i dont have the right plugin for output set up, which i do however emu10k1 is no longer a choice for a type of device, infact there is no devices available.
do i need to put anything into modulesautoload? |
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scoon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
* Unloading ALSA...
* Storing ALSA Mixer Levels
* Unloading modules [ ok ]
* Loading ALSA drivers...
* Using ALSA OSS emulation
* Loading: snd-mixer-oss
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss
* Loading: snd-seq-oss
* Running card-dependent scripts
* Restoring Mixer Levels [ ok ]
ok now when i go to xmms instead of just playing a song and nothing coming out it gives me a message saying my soundcard isnt configured properly or i dont have the right plugin for output set up, which i do however emu10k1 is no longer a choice for a type of device, infact there is no devices available.
do i need to put anything into modulesautoload? |
Hey there,
So it appears that you alsa is OK. Why don't you just read over these sites and double check all of your settings:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
--and--
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php3?vendor=vendor-Creative_Labs#matrix
I have relied heavily on both of those sites for my alsa problems in the past and now everything is just fine.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:01 am Post subject: |
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did you emerge the alsa driver or use the ones built into the kernel?
also when i emerge alsa-tools i get an error |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | did you emerge the alsa driver or use the ones built into the kernel?
also when i emerge alsa-tools i get an error |
2.6 kernels use the kernel drivers NOT the alsa-driver ebuilds.
I am just using alsa-lib, alsa-oss, and alsa-utils.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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i still dont understand why i get
/dev/mixer not found
i have a dev mixer with chmod 777 permisions which is a sym link to /dev/sound/mixer which also has the same permisions... |
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scoon
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | i still dont understand why i get
/dev/mixer not found
i have a dev mixer with chmod 777 permisions which is a sym link to /dev/sound/mixer which also has the same permisions... |
Hey there,
I don't have any idea why you can't find /dev/mixer but it is a sym link to /dev/sound/mixer. Maybe you have a problem with devfsd and not alsa ? I am not sure from what you have said thus far.
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jlanza
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:45 am Post subject: |
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lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Mar 17 13:01 /dev/mixer -> sound/mixer
yet i still get the error and none of my volumes get saved on shutdown? |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 11 Mar 17 13:01 /dev/mixer -> sound/mixer
yet i still get the error and none of my volumes get saved on shutdown? |
Hey there,
Pay particular attention to this:
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You should also verify that /etc/devfsd.conf has the alsa devices and permissions correctly registered.
Code Listing 2.11: /etc/devfsd.conf
# ALSA/OSS stuff
# Comment/change these if you want to change the permissions on
# the audio devices
LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd
LOOKUP dsp MODLOAD
LOOKUP mixer MODLOAD
LOOKUP midi MODLOAD
REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
Note: Notice that devfsd.conf sets /dev/sound permissions to be root.audio. Thus, for non-root users to use audio they will have to be part of the audio group.
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I got that from the gentoo alsa guide. I bet that your user is not part of the audio group and I also bet that devfsd is not setup correctly either.
NOTE: If you change devfsd.conf, you MUST restart devfsd
/etc/init.d/devfsd restart
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jlanza
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 6:40 am Post subject: |
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bash-2.05b# more /etc/group | grep "audio"
audio::18:jlanza
which is ok
# the audio devices
LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd
LOOKUP dsp MODLOAD
LOOKUP mixer MODLOAD
LOOKUP midi MODLOAD
REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
which is ok
any other suggestions? |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:05 am Post subject: |
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getting soundsettings stored:
try or to set your volume. afterwards use to store the settings and put in your /etc/conf.d/local.start. this should ensure, that your volume-settings are restored. |
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jlanza
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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still didnt work
i think its because it still doesnt have a /dev/mixer  |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | still didnt work
i think its because it still doesnt have a /dev/mixer |
All right,
Here is my /etc/modules.d/alsa file:
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# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file.
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-utils/files/alsa-modules.conf-rc,v 1.1 2003/08/05 21:07:55 johnm Exp $
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
##
## IMPORTANT:
## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s)
## and then run `update-modules' command.
## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info.
##
## ALSA portion
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371
## OSS/Free portion
## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
##
# OSS/Free portion - 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
## OSS/Free portion - card #2
## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
# Set this to the correct number of cards.
options snd cards_limit=1
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Try using this and then you MUST do an update-modules followed by a /etc/init.d/alsasound restart.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| If you are going to load the sound modules at boot anyway, why not just build ALSA into the kernel ? I've always done this and it 'Just Works' TM. |
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jlanza
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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still no dice
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bash-2.05b# modules-update
Warning: could not generate /etc/modprobe.conf!
bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
* WARNING: you are stopping a boot service.
* Unloading ALSA...
* Storing ALSA Mixer Levels
* Unloading modules [ ok ]
* Loading ALSA drivers...
* Using ALSA OSS emulation
* Loading: snd-mixer-oss
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss
* Loading: snd-seq-oss
* Running card-dependent scripts
* Restoring Mixer Levels [ ok ]
bash-2.05b# alsamixer
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
bash-2.05b# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_oss 32256 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6272 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 51984 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6920 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 48804 0
snd_pcm 85668 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9476 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 22148 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 46820 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 7648 1 snd
sr_mod 13220 0
ide_scsi 12292 0
nvidia 1701804 10
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jlanza
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| recompiling alsa into the kernel makes the /dev/mixer error go away however my mixer levels still dont save and load properly |
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scoon
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | | recompiling alsa into the kernel makes the /dev/mixer error go away however my mixer levels still dont save and load properly |
All right,
I have never seen this problem before: Warning: could not generate /etc/modprobe.conf!
Why don't you try and get that cleared up first. Fixing that could solve the rest of your problems.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| jlanza wrote: | | recompiling alsa into the kernel makes the /dev/mixer error go away however my mixer levels still dont save and load properly |
I have a boot script that sets all my volume levels. I don't save them because I want them restored to the same thing every time I reboot.
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#!/sbin/runscript
depend() {
need bootmisc
}
start() {
ebegin "Loading mixer settings"
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset Master 30%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset PCM 60%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset Surround 100%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset Front 100%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset Music 0%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset "PCM Center" 0%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset "PCM LFE" 0%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset "PCM Front" 70%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset "PCM Surround" 70%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset LFE 0%
/usr/local/bin/nohups amixer sset Center 0%
eend $? "Failed to load mixer settings"
}
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nohups is just:
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jlanza
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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should i just put that script in /etc/conf.d/local.start
and nohupps is the alias of that command at the bottom? If it is where should i alias to. I am pretty noobish when it comes to setting up scripts, if you could give me a deeper explanation of what i need to do to set it up that would be awesome 
thanks man i appreciate it alot |
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jlanza
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:08 am Post subject: |
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ok i think i got it, i figured out alsa was loading and saving fine, but so was kmix , which overwrote my alsa settings each time
thanks
joe |
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