[PlanetCCRMA] introductory question. . . .

[Brian Heinrich]

I've managed to make progress since getting the computer on-line, but 
still have some questions/concerns.

I looked into modprobe.conf, which read:

    alias eth0 8139too
    install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx &&
    /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
    alias snd-card-1 snd-ice7112
    install snd-ice1712 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-ice1712 &&
    /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
    remove snd-ice1712 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ;
    }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ice1712
    alias usb-controller uhci-hcd


After running alsaconf, I got this weird message:

    Restoring sound driver settings /usr/bin/alsactl: load_state: 1272:
    No soundcards found. . . .


Going back to modprobe.conf, the following lines were added:

    # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
    # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9rc1 ---
    alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
    alias sound-slot-0 snd-ice1712
    # -- END: Generate by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---


When I ran alsamixer, I got the same error as before --

    alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
    directory


-- , but I was able to run envy24control.

There's one other interesting thing in all of this:  I can't adjust the 
(system) volume control.  Or more to the point, I can move the slider, 
but it always returns to zero.  That might explain why I can't get any 
sound. :-P

It might also be worth pointing out that I later looked at modprobe.conf 
again, and it now read:

    alias eth0 8139too
    install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx &&
    /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
    alias snd-card-1 snd-ice7112
    alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
    # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
    # --- ALSACONF version 1.0.9rc1 ---
    alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712
    # -- END: Generate by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---


(That is, the lines begining |install snd-ice1712| and |remove 
snd-ice1712| as well as the second alsaconf-generated line are missing.)

Does anyone have an idea about this? -- I'd really like to be able to 
get this up and running sooner rather than later. . . .

/b.

On 06/23/2006 01:46 PM (-0600 UTC), Brian Heinrich wrote:

> I'm hoping I might be able to clarify some of what's going on by 
> replying to some of the suggestions that have been made.
>
> First off, the soundcard is definitely supported 
> (<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-MAudio#matrix>) 
> and when I look at the list of hardware in FC 3, the driver is listed.
>
> If I try to do |apt-get -o Acquire::cdrom::mount=/media/cdrecorder 
> install planetccrma-core|, I get
>
>    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>          planetccrma-core: Depends: also-lib-devel ( =
>    1.0.9-0.1.rc1.rhfc3.ccrma)
>        but it is not going to be installed
>    E: Broken packages
>
>
> |modinfo soundcore| goes nowhere.
>
> |alsamixer| gets me
>
>    alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or
>    directory
>
>
> |/sbin/lsmod| gets me something very different than what one 
> respondent suggested.  (I'm assuming there was a switch or something 
> missing. . . .)
>
> |/usr/sbin/alsaconf| results in 'No such file or directory'.  And 
> indeed there isn't such a file in /usr/sbin, tho' there is a symlink 
> to alsactl.
>
> Don't know if this additional info helps clarify anything. . . .
>
> /b.

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