made the jump from 0.9.0rc1 (2.4.29) to 1.0.8 (2.6.11.9)

made the jump from 0.9.0rc1 (2.4.29) to 1.0.8 (2.6.11.9)

[John O'Donnell]

OK I had a good working 0.9.0rc1 (2.4.29) for years.

I have moved on because of some software requirements.

I have no sound now.

Clean 2.6.11.9 with Slackware 10.1+

modules load

root@mrlinux:~# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nvidia               3916220  12
snd_pcm_oss            48832  0
snd_mixer_oss          17600  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx            22688  0
snd_trident            39204  0
snd_ac97_codec         73440  2 snd_via82xx,snd_trident
snd_pcm                82760  4 
snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              22020  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          7652  3 snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem            3296  1 snd_trident
snd_mpu401_uart         6496  2 snd_via82xx,snd_trident
snd_rawmidi            20544  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          7148  2 snd_trident,snd_rawmidi
snd                    46756  10 
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_trident,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               7552  1 snd
agpgart                28808  1 nvidia
vmnet                  27460  12
vmmon                 104108  0
root@mrlinux:~#

no kernel warnings in dmesg

root@mrlinux:~# cat /proc/interrupts
            CPU0
   0:     473743          XT-PIC  timer
   1:        952          XT-PIC  i8042
   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
   4:          7          XT-PIC  serial
   7:          0          XT-PIC  parport0
   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
   9:          0          XT-PIC  Trident Audio
  10:       3785          XT-PIC  ide2, ide3, uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd
  11:      48523          XT-PIC  aic7xxx, eth0, VIA686A, nvidia
  12:      25161          XT-PIC  i8042
  14:         13          XT-PIC  ide0
  15:       9679          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0
root@mrlinux:~#


root@mrlinux:~# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or 
directory
root@mrlinux:~#

I have compiled up all the 1.0.8 drivers, libs, oss, utils

tell me what im doing wrong please....

root@mrlinux:~# alsamixer --help
alsamixer: invalid option -- -
AlsaMixer v1.0.8
Usage: alsamixer [-h] [-c <card: 0...7>] [-D <mixer device>] [-g] [-s] 
[-V <view>]


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Re: made the jump from 0.9.0rc1 (2.4.29) to 1.0.8 (2.6.11.9)

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 01:59 -0400, John O'Donnell wrote:
> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or 
> directory
> 

It sounds like the /dev/snd/* entries do not exist.  Your distros
install scripts should create them.

Lee



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Re: made the jump from 0.9.0rc1 (2.4.29) to 1.0.8 (2.6.11.9)

[John O'Donnell]

Lee Revell wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 01:59 -0400, John O'Donnell wrote:
> 
>>alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or 
>>directory
>>
> 
> 
> It sounds like the /dev/snd/* entries do not exist.  Your distros
> install scripts should create them.
> 
> Lee

TYVM - that was precisely the problem.  I ran sndconfig and all is well.
But I seem to have to run that every time I boot.  I think Slackware 
10.1+ uses udev if that means anything to anyone.  I havent done 
research yet and it is a minor issue...

compared with the next issue.  And this keeps me back in 2.4/0.9.0rc1.

Weird issue.  Everything else seems to work, World of Warcraft under 
cedega, xine (been watching long movies, etc just fine), xmms works 
great thru my 2nd sound card (onboard VIA) line-linked to my 1st 
(trident) which is how I always listen to MP3s and play Enemy Territory 
(ET uses the sound exclusively and I like to use TeamSpeak at the same 
time).  Teamspeak works great thru the primary card.

I am a Unreal Tournament NUT at heart.  I cant leave this game.  I run a 
dual proc linux server hosted with like 10 UT servers.

The sound in my client STUTTERS?!?!?  I thought maybe it was video as it 
affects the video display too, but I ran ut -nosound and no odd video 
effects, so I believe it is definitely sound driver related.  I thought 
maybe turning off the kernel preemption might help but it has made no 
difference.

UT uses OSS.  I am not sure what all the other software is using.

I have tried both the Generic and OpenAL subsystems and BOTH stutter and 
crackle.  I have always used the Generic in the past with both real OSS 
drivers (before discovering ALSA long ago) and ALSA itself.

[Audio.GenericAudioSubsystem]
UseFilter=True
UseSurround=False
UseStereo=True
UseCDMusic=False
UseDigitalMusic=False
UseSpatial=False
UseReverb=False
Use3dHardware=False
LowSoundQuality=False
ReverseStereo=False
Latency=40
OutputRate=22050Hz
Channels=16
MusicVolume=0
SoundVolume=32
AmbientFactor=0.700000
DopplerSpeed=0.000000

[ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]
UseFilter=True
UseSurround=False
UseStereo=True
UseCDMusic=False
UseDigitalMusic=True
UseSpatial=True
UseReverb=True
Use3dHardware=False
LowSoundQuality=False
ReverseStereo=False
Latency=40
OutputRate=22050Hz
Channels=16
MusicVolume=0
SoundVolume=32
AmbientFactor=0.700000
DopplerSpeed=0.000000
MusicBufferSize=16384

Any Ideas?!?
TIA
Johnny O

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