Alsasound not working - was "Re: [mythtv-users] It half works!"

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Mon Apr 21 17:43:48 EDT 2003


Alex Davidson wrote:
> No sign of any "snd-" stuff in lsmod.

So now you've narrowed the problem/solution...

> Running:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start
> returned the following:
> starting sound driver: snd-sb16
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-9/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: unresolved symbol
> schedule_work
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-9/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-9/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-9/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: insmod snd-sb16 failed
> done

You'd think sb16 would be a good choice. However, I have
two boxes from Creative Labs that say "Sound Blaster 16 PCI"
on all six sides of the box. So is the driver for these cards
snd-sb16? Of course not ;-). The driver is "snd-ens1371".

Go to http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ to find your
card make and model then click "Details" to see the exact
module name and info about configuring your card.

> Would I be better off spending some hard-earned on a sound card that will
> work out of the box you think?  (Is there even such a thing?)

In any case, you'd need to get the drivers compiled and
installed properly. A Sound Blaster 16 (if that's what
you have) is about as tried and true as you can get.

--  bjm




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