Hi One thing I see, is in your modules.conf , you didn't delete all the alsa related stuff . just comment out ## the following to start with. ## YaST2: sound cards support
# alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116
# # YaST2: sound system dependent part # alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
Now , if you want to use oss for sound , get rid of alsa boot script - /sbin/init.d/alsasound see if you can use Yast to 'delete files , and choose to delete anything ALSA. yast should delete all installed alsa stuff . Looks like you have some kernel problems too , maybe someone on the list here can jump in to help you with that if you don't solve it yourself. one thing at a time I guess . Hope this helps cheers John On Wed, 02 May 2001, Ron Sinclair wrote:
I finally have Suse 7.1 on my system. I used the default installation with the 2.4 and 2.2.18 kernels and ReiserFS. The installation went fine and I'm dualbooting it with W98 using BootMagic.
I'm having problems getting the sound to work. I have an ISA soundcard, a Soundblaster16. I've always had problems getting Suse 6.4 to automatically detect it. When installing Suse, it always tries to use ALSA and I have to remove ALSA in order to get my card functional. I'd thought ALSA supported Creative soundcards, especially a SB16, but everytime I try to install Suse, Suse has issues with my soundcard....even version 7.1. This is what Yast2 looks like after trying to configure my modem: http://members.fortunecity.com/wigglit/ronpics/snapshot3.png
I removed the ALSA package and anyting associated with it from my box today, expecting things to be ok. NOT.
Somehow, my box is still trying to use ALSA. The manual states to use OSS (package opso) in place of ALSA when problems occur with ALSA, but when I did a search for this package, Suse couldn't find it. It also states that SAX2 can only configured soundcards using the ALSA package. After I removed ALSA, I checked Yast2 under 'Sound'. This is what I found: http://members.fortunecity.com/wigglit/ronpics/snapshot4.png
I've tried hacking modules.conf to configure my card to no avail, even after removing ALSA altogether. Here's what my current modules.conf looks like. I've cut out the irrelevant parts:
_________________ #***************************************************************************** # module : sb.o Soundblaster 16, SB Pro + Clones # Also needed for AWE32/64 # # Dcoumentation available in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster # and in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/sb.c . # # Possible configuration : # alias char-major-14 sb alias sound on alias midi on post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card" options sb dma=3 dma16=7 io=0x220 irq=5 mpu_io=0x330 options adlib_card io=0x388 # .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ## YaST2: sound cards support # alias char-major-116 snd options snd snd_cards_limit=1 snd_major=116
# # YaST2: sound system dependent part # alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss _______________
I also get error messages in the console log (only with the out-of-the-box 2.4 kernel):
_______________ Console log for 500mhz May 2 12:01:59 500mhz kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:09.0 May 2 12:01:59 500mhz kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports May 2 12:01:59 500mhz kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x46d/0x840) is not claimed by any active driver. May 2 12:01:59 500mhz kernel: usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x4a9/0x2204) is not claimed by any active driver. May 2 12:02:09 500mhz modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-145 May 2 12:02:09 500mhz modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-145 May 2 12:02:42 500mhz kernel: isapnp: Scanning for Pnp cards... May 2 12:02:42 500mhz kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found May 2 12:02:43 500mhz kernel:
at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5 May 2 12:02:43 500mhz kernel: at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0,0 May 2 12:02:43 500mhz insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: post-install sb failed May 2 12:02:43 500mhz insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.0-4GB/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: insmod char-major-14 failed _______________ This is getting frustrating. At least with Suse 6.4, I could eventually get the sound working. Suse 7.1 is so damn different that I may go six months without sound. What's worse is the fact that when KDE2 boots up, it plays that funky music, and I CAN hear that, just not music CDs. If I turn up the speakers to max, I can hear the music faintly.
I get errors in the console window when I boot up with the 2.2.18 kernel, but the sound is still playing when KDE2 boots up and not playing when I put in a music CD:
May 2 21:32:58 500mhz kernel: ATAPI device hdc: May 2 21:32:58 500mhz kernel: Error: Illegal request -- (Sense key=0x05) May 2 21:32:58 500mhz kernel: Logical block address out of range -- (asc=0x21, ascq=0x00) May 2 21:32:58 500mhz kernel: The failed "Read Track Rzone Info" packet command was: May 2 21:32:58 500mhz kernel: "52 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 " _______________
Seems to be USB related and not sound related errors.
I'm at a total loss here. This is a fresh install. ISAPNP won't detect the soundcard or ISA modem that I have, but the modem works fine.
I'm gonna leave it alone for a few days and see if I can clear my head and retry to fix this. Ugh....
Update: Another nagging problem I just found out about ALSA is that after I removed it, when I went back later to install other software, I found that ALSA automatically reinstalls. I did this 3 times. WTF!?
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