[PlanetCCRMA] Re: PlanetCCRMA digest, Vol 1 #1131 - 13 msgs

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 04:58, krsrtn wrote:
> > Message: 12
> > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:26:37 -0800
> > From: Andrew Burgess <aab@cichlid.com>
> > To: planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> > Subject: [PlanetCCRMA] Re: problems installing EMI2|6
> > 
> > >I have quite a few problems and confusions with installing the EMI2|6
> > >at the moment and I hope someone could help me clarify some things.
> > 
> > >I have checked whether I can find a firmware loader but I could not
> > >find one.
> > 
> > What kernel version? It wasn't in the older ones. It's built into 2.6.7
> > 
> > >the only one that is there already is the one for the EMI6|2
> > >but I suppose I need another one.
> > 
> > athlon:aab > uname -a
> > Linux athlon 2.6.7-1.437.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrmasmp #1 SMP Thu Jun 17 11:16:08 PDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> > athlon:aab > lsmod|grep emi
> > emi26                 167680  0
> > athlon:aab > find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -name emi26.ko
> > /lib/modules/2.6.7-1.437.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrmasmp/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/emi26.ko
>
> hm..
> kernel version:
> 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp #1 SMP Thu Dec 30 03:42:15 EST 2004 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> and trying to find the module:
> 
> [karlos@posthuman ~]$ find /lib/modules/2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp/
> -name emi*/lib/modules/2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp/kernel/drivers/usb/misc/emi62.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp/build/include/config/usb/emi62
> /lib/modules/2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp/build/include/config/usb/emi26.h
> 
> reveals it is not there.... :(
> one might have taken it out in the kernel build. the headers are there
> but not the module.
> how can possibly build the module for emi2|6?
> do I need the full kernel sources (I thinks that is going to be
> another problem)?

I believe the emi26.ko is an oss style driver, you want the alsa one
which is included in the kernel and the additional kernel-module-alsa
packages. I don't think there are many (any?) card-specific alsa drivers
for usb soundcards. The snd-usb-audio driver should recognize your card,
if it doesn't maybe it needs to have firmware loaded into it to be able
to work. Once you verify that the module is loaded ("/sbin/lsmod|grep
snd_usb_audio") and the card is inserted, see what you see in
/proc/asound/cards and /proc/asound/devices. 

-- Fernando