[PlanetCCRMA] alsamixer not finding audio devices

[Noah Garrett Wallach]

On 03 Nov 2004 09:45:22 -0800, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote
> On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 09:41, Noah Garrett Wallach wrote:
> > got the receommended /etc/modules.conf file in there.  but the modules cant be
> > located.
> > 
> > ---- snip ---
> > 
> > [root at dhcp-183-1-168-192 etc]# /sbin/depmod -a
> > [root at dhcp-183-1-168-192 etc]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop
> > [root at dhcp-183-1-168-192 etc]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start
> > Starting sound driver snd-intel8x0 modprobe: Can't locate module snd-intel8x0
> >                                                            [FAILED]
> > Starting sound driver snd-rme96xx modprobe: Can't locate module snd-rme96xx
> >                                                            [FAILED]
> > 
> > --- snip ---
> > 
> > my file names could be different here.  so I am dropping the snd- from their
> > definitions.  Am I doing the right thing?
> 
> 2.4.x does not come with alsa drivers in the kernel source tree. You
> have to download the alsa-driver source rpm and build it for the kernel
> you are running. The build will give you alsa-kernel-* packages you
> should install (they should match your kernel).
> 


I am really lost - where do I download the alsa-driver source rpm please?

cheers,

Noah



> -- Fernando