Re: Newbie, please help: RH8.0 and no sound on Hoontech Digital XG (Yamaha YMF-754)

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 13:26, Joachim Bondo wrote:
> I compiled and installed 0.9.0rc7 alsa driver, utils, libs and tools, as
> described on www.alsa.org:
> 
> $ ./configure --with-cards=ymfpci --with-sequencer=yes
> $ make
> $ make install
> $ ./snddevices
> $ chmod a+rw /dev/dsp /dev/mixer /dev/sequencer /dev/midi

You don't need to do this. Linux hands the device over to
the current console owner. It may seem trivial but people
have been known (at least at universities) to run recording
apps on generally readable audio devices 8)

> $ modprobe snd-ymfpci
> $ modprobe snd-pcm-oss
> $ modprobe snd-mixer-oss
> $ modprobe snd-seq-oss

sndconfig doesnt know about ALSA, so it'll get rather confused if you
have the ALSA modules loaded

> When I run /sbin/sndconfig I get the following error:
> 
> The following error occurred running the modprobe program:
> 
> lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/sound/ymfpci.o: init_module: No
> such device
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/sound/ymfpci.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/sound/ymfpci.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/sound/ymfpci.o: insmod
> sound-slot-0 failed
> 

Its trying to load the driver (OSS) that is shipped. You've already
loaded the ALSA driver so the OSS driver cannot find any devices to
manage (ALSA owns your soundcard right now)