Re: Almost ALSA!

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On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 10:52, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 09:03, David Curtis wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 00:40, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 21:16, W. Guy Thomas wrote:
> > > > Ok, I'm very close finally to getting ALSA working on this laptop
> > > > (Toshiba 330CDT) with a standard Yamaha opl3sa2 card.
> > > > 
> > > > I have loaded the libs, the utils, the driver, the kernel has been
> > > > upgraded and soundcore is loaded. Everything is good until I attempt to
> > > > modprobe the actual device.
> > > > 
> > > > I get this:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > [root@Toshi speaker-test]# /sbin/modprobe snd-card-opl3sa2
> > > > > FATAL: Module snd_card_opl3sa2 not found.
> > > > 
> > > > This is my lsmod, it appears to me that things are loaded
> > > > properly and I have also already run alsaconf which tries to detect
> > > > the card. lsmod here:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > </snip>
> > > > 
> > > > I believe I am very close to finally getting this done.
> > > > I would very much appreciate any tips from you guys.
> > > > Thanks in advance always,
> > > > 
> > > > =G
> > > 
> > > Well, I am about to finally give up completely on ALSA. I know I have
> > > followed many links, googled for weeks, tried many varieties of
> > > solutions. I see that this onboard yamaha opl3sa *is* supported and have
> > > tried so many possibilities that my eyes are purple.
> > <snip>
> > 
> > </snip>
> > 
> > > 
> > > But with no sound, there just isn't much joy. When I had the previous
> > > 2.4 kernel up, OSS worked, but many other things needed to be fixed that
> > > led me to the 2.6.8 kernel. Thus, all the things I fixed by upgrading
> > > the kernel are great now, but I left sound behind.
> > > 
> > > If anyone has one clear and concise personal experience with ALSA and
> > > specifically the OPL3SA2 Yamaha please let me know. I have googled on it
> > > more than you will ever do in a lifetime.
> > > 
> > > Happy with my victories. Sad about this last one. And so important.
> > > 
> > > Take care!
> > 
> > This guy here http://www.antlinux.com/Toshiba490XCDT/ got alsa working
> > on a Toshiba 490XCDT which also has the yamaha opl3sa2. Seems to be
> > similar to what you have above, except he has added entries in
> > /etc/conf.modules. Have you done this? 
> > 
> > Dave
> 
> Yes, I've seen that page and many many others, all very similar, and I
> see what needs to be done. However, after going thru all the necessary
> steps, I get to the most important one, inserting the device with
> modprobe, and I get this:
> 
> [root@Toshi guy]# /sbin/modprobe snd-opl3sa2
> FATAL: Error inserting snd_opl3sa2
> (/lib/modules/2.6.8-1.521/kernel/sound/isa/snd-opl3sa2.ko): No such
> device
> 
> I have looked in that dir and the .ko file *does* exist!
> What in the world am I missing??
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> =G
> 
What's missing?
Check all your .conf files for older 2.4 kernel entries.
In my case there were some pointing to snd-opl3sa and some pointing to
snd-card-opl3sa and some just to opl3sa

This apparently happens when you upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6xx

Be aware.

It took me 3 weeks.

Thanks.

G



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