From: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <eric@zhevny.com>
To: Chris Wenn <prismatic7@bigpond.com>
Cc: Alsa-User List <alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Alsa-Devel List <alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: alsamixer issues?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 07:54:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a6nfsg$lpi$2@main.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3C8F0438.5080504@bigpond.com
Chris Wenn wrote:
>
> Can anyone give me a hand with the following problem?
>
> I installed a new 2.4.18 kernel image today, upgrading from my 2.4.17
> image. After I installed this, alsa broke, refusing to load at
> boot-time, claiming that the alsa driver could not be found. This
> required a full re-compile and install of alsa.
I think that anytime you change kernels alsa needs to be recompiled
because it has to be able to resolve the symbols of the currently
running kernel.
>
> I have compiled and installed the alsa 0.9.0beta12 drivers, libraries
> and utilities as instructed in the INSTALL files for each package
> (including ./snddevices) but cannot get alsamixer to run. Whenever I
> invoke it, I get the following error
>
> #alsamixer: function_snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
> directory
This sounds like the driver has not been loaded...
>
> amixer gives the following, slightly different message
>
> #amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
looks like the same problem.
>
> This isn't a permissions problem, as the same happens when I am logged
> in as root. The alsa drivers for my sound card (snd-card-es1968 -
> Terratec SoundSystem DMX) are loaded on bootup, so they're not lost in
> the mess. What the sam hell is going on?
>
shouldn't snd-card-es1968 be snd-es1968 now? What version of alsa were
you using before? how are you loading the drivers at boot-up
> Chris
>
-Eric Rz.
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2002-03-13 7:48 alsamixer issues? Chris Wenn
2002-03-13 12:54 ` Eric Dantan Rzewnicki [this message]
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2002-03-13 16:10 Hod McWuff
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