[SOLVED] ALSA emu10k1 problem "media-sound/alsa-firmware"

agkbill · Last edited by agkbill on Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:06 pm; edited 2 times in total

Hi all,

I am now in the process of setting upp Gentoo for the first time. Started with a minimal install cd and do now have a working Gnome envirment.

But still a way to go to have a working MythTV setup.

Now it is sound that is the problem.

Folowing the "Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide" I am suppose to choose the soundcard in kernel settings.

audiodef · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:44 pm Post subject:

See this page:

http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Module-emu10k1-fpga

You do want the Emu10k1 driver as a module.

Often, when you have a sound card called abc-xyz, and you only see an abc driver, it's the one you want. ALSA drivers are often meant to cover a wide range of sound cards of the same base model.
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agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: module emu10k1 will not load OK.

Thanks!

I have now tried many different ways to get it to work with emu10k1 but no luck at all.

With UBUNTU all I needed to do was to folow the instructions at alsa.org with the addition of the firmware.

But it just whant work in Gentoo, I dont understand.

Without sound I can not use Gentoo.

Well, I hope to be able to solv this.

audiodef

agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Thank you for answering,

My soundcard is a E-MU 1820 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/creative,825.html)

This card have creative chipset on the PCI card and then a breakout box. It is for the breakout box that the firmware is needed.

I dont know all the details about what it do or so.

Maybe the problem is all about the firmware, how to load it and so.

The firmware is (ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.20.tar.bz2)
found at (http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page)

Best regards,
/Christer Eriksson

gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject:

I also use emu10k1.

agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Yes my look the same.

gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:29 pm Post subject:

No.
However there's something funny about my card.
In the kernel's menuconfig I had the choice of emu10k1 dell
or just plain emu10k1.
It only works with the plain variety.
However both alsamixer and kmix (in kde) call the card SB Live!Dell OEM!
Gerard.
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agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject:

That is the one I am using to.

gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject:

No.
However there's something funny about my card.
In the kernel's menuconfig I had the choice of emu10k1 dell
or just plain emu10k1.
It only works with the plain variety.
However both alsamixer and kmix (in kde) call the card SB Live!Dell OEM!
Gerard.

The connection timed out and I repeated the submit command.
That's why there's 2x the same message.
What's with Gentoo Forums?
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gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:17 pm Post subject:

What's the output of lsmod plse.
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agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:06 pm Post subject:

Hi,

lsmod gives:

gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject:

Well all the necessary modules are loaded alright.
And you ran alsaconf to make the configure file.
This means alsaconf found and recognized your card.
I really don't know what else it could be.
On a side note:You have many more modules than you could possibly need.
Did you use genkernel to make your kernel?
I wonder if one of these modules screws up things.
Gerard.
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gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject:

Here's my lsmod.
Module Size Used by
nvidiafb 46088 0
fb_ddc 2248 1 nvidiafb
i2c_algo_bit 6284 1 nvidiafb
vgastate 8744 1 nvidiafb
snd_emu10k1 147648 3
snd_rawmidi 22560 1 snd_emu10k1
nvidia 8117944 22
snd_ac97_codec 122648 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 2024 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 78768 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22360 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 9368 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4152 1 snd_emu10k1
rtl8187 53596 0
snd_hwdep 8752 1 snd_emu10k1
psmouse 45460 0
snd 61848 12 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
usbhid 22336 0
evdev 11456 1
pcspkr 2968 0
i2c_i801 10196 0
soundcore 7536 1 snd
eeprom_93cx6 2232 1 rtl8187
sky2 49212 0
Gerard.
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agkbill · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject:

Thanks gerard82 for helping!

Today I managed to get sound.

I found that in /lib/firmware were I suppose to find "emu" firmware it was none after I run

gerard27 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject:

In Gentoo alsa-firmware is "masked".
You could have unmasked it and it would install.
Anyway glad to hear you have sound now.
Gerard.
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agkbill · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject:

What I could se alsa-firware was OK to install with emerge.

But the first time I did it I did not set any USE flags, that was the reason it did not work.

If I look upp what USE flag to use for my soundcard, it worked fine after adding it in my /etc/make.conf file.

gerard27 · Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject:

Emerge ufed.
Run it in aterminal as root.
It will give you all the useflags + short description.
Very good for learning.
Gerard.
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agkbill · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject:

God tips Gerard,

Thank you.

I am all new to Gentoo so a lot to learn, quite different from Ubuntu that I have been using the last years.

Best regards,
/Christer