Only a dummy device in alsamixer

linuxgeek92345 · n00b Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

Hey all, I have just intstalled gentoo and am having a problem with my sound. I did lspci and found the sound card (nVidia CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller), and I believe the correct driver for this is snd_intel8x0, so that is what I compiled into my kernel as a module. Then I followed the rest of the instructions on the gentoo wiki for installing alsa, but every time I run alsamixer, I only get a dummy device. I tried to use alsaconf, but I always only get the dummy device. Does anybody know what is going on? Thanks for the help.
-Jason

mirojira · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 685

Welcome to the forums. I think that you should use driver Intel8x0. You can check it in http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Intel#matrix

linuxgeek92345 · n00b Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 2

I am using the Intex8x0 module that I compiled into the kernel, but still every time I try to use alsamixer I can only change volume on the dummy device. Any ideas? Thanks.
-Jason

mirojira · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 685

Could you send output of

JBen · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject:

Do you have load the module ? I think it isn't a good idee to compile the driver as a module, I think it's better to compile it directly in the kernel.
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mirojira · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 685

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