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
