ALSA Error

[lokoalex]

I used Stage 1 on my desktop and it works perfectly. I used Stage 3 on my laptop and I also used genkernel on my laptop. The laptop is the one giving me the problems.

[junkman4547]

In that case I really can't see why those steps I posted wouldn't work for you . I used it on mine successfully.

[ordoni]

i had exactly same problem this morning................i am using debian sarge

check that /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0

if this does not exist then you need to have alsa with the source, mixer and headers specific to your kernel.......all installed....

also, make sure that you have the kernel source and headers installed too

now, do "alsaconf" and go through the steps.........maybe reboot first

................this worked perfectly for me

[infoseeker]

The problem I have with ALSA is that the settings aren't stored permanently
After running 'alsaconf' the card is detected, etc, etc and sound works fine, but after rebooting I do not get sound
Running 'alsaconf' again restores sound.
I HAVE done the 'rc-config add alsasound boot' and does appear on the list after 'rc-update show' but still the settings aren't stored.

Any help ?

[daacosta]

Did you do "alsastore" after running alsaconf ? It is meant to store your settings.

You could try that...

btw, I haven't been able to solve my sound problem

[infoseeker]

'alsastore'.........command not found

[daacosta]

alsactl store

is the command... I am terribly sorry

Accept my sincerest and deepest apologies

[jaboua]

Another issue I've been having on my box, is that the bios seems to deactivate the sound-card (via 82c686) every second soft reboot, however this doesn't happen if I turn off the computer and then start it again... Not sure why tho. This results in alsaconf AND sound-apps not finding the soundcard. I would check the BIOS just in case.

[terrestrialhost]

I had a lot of the same problems. After spending a few hours attempting to fix it, I noticed something on the boot screen.

Apprently I had enabled a Virtual MIDI Card from "Generic Cards" when I compiled the Kernel. It was using that card as snd-card-0

It seems that if you enable another sound card, it attempts to use that one as the main one, and does not permit you to complete proper ALSA configurations.

Either that, or I'm completely helpless.

Either way, it worked once I disabled it.