Soundcard detection problem

[calhoun]

I still fairly new to Gentoo and setup a Genkernel installation of Vanilla-sources about a month ago. Everything is working great. So now I'm building a dual boot between Vanilla and the Gentoo-r9 sources so I can play with building the kernel from scratch/stage1.

First let me state that I have this working in the Vanilla-sources/Genkernel side of my dual-boot. On my Gentoo-r9/Make side I compiled the kernel with sound card support (M) and when I try to start alsasound it says "No soundcard detected". When I compiled the kernel I followed the Installation documents and everything worked get, so I'm assuming that I'm missing like one kernel option that needs to be turned on. The only other option that was missed by default was the RTC which I recompiled in and now that works.

Help! Thanks in advance.

[krinkle]

[calhoun]

Yes, I did a:

ALSA_CARDS='emu10k1' emerge alsa-driver

I have to check lsmod though.

[calhoun]

Here's a better description of my problem.

I have this running flawlessly on a Genkernel created Vanilla-Sources install on this computer.

I made a dual boot configuration with a Make created Gentoo-Sources install on the second half of this computer.

I emerged:

emu10k1
alsa-driver (w/ALSA_CARDS='emu10k1')
alsa-utils
alsa-oss

When I try to start alsasound i get:

root@butters calhoun # /etc/init.d/alsasound start
* Loading ALSA drivers...
* Loading: snd-seq-oss
* Loading: snd-pcm-oss
* Loading: snd-mixer-oss
* Loading: snd-emu10k1
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: insmod snd-emu10k1 failed
* Loading: snd-seq-oss
* Running card-dependent scripts
* Restoring Mixer Levels
* No mixer config in /etc/asound.state, you have to unmute your card! [ !! ]
[ ok ]
root@butters calhoun #

When I do a lsmod I get:

root@butters calhoun # lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 39748 0 (unused)
snd-pcm 68480 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-page-alloc 7028 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-mixer-oss 13840 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-seq-oss 31104 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 4128 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 43248 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-timer 17284 0 [snd-pcm snd-seq]
snd-seq-device 4452 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq]
snd 37252 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-timer snd-seq-device]
root@butters calhoun #

DMESG put this out:

PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0f.0
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0f.0
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0f.0
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0f.0
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:0f.0
EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy
root@butters calhoun #

I have had sound card support compiled into the kernel as Y and M, and emu10k1 into the kernel as M and N in all different configurations. Help!

[maomao0407]

why not just emerge emu10k1

[krinkle]

isn't the emu10k1 driver in the kernel the OSS driver? Maybe it is different for that driver or they merged alsa into that kernel... (i don't think so). so try not enabling the emu10k1 driver in teh kernel. Also, you need to do an emerge alsa-driver everytime you compile a new kernel.

[calhoun]

[floffe]

Wait for a 2.6 stable ebuild, then get native alsa, no more emerge alsa-driver... should be out in not too many hours I think... I run 2.6-test11. It's quite stable

You should just have sound support as module in 2.4, and no drivers for alsa to work.