woody, alsa 0.9.6: snd_ctl_open fails?

From: Chris Roddy (croddy_at_emory.edu)
Date: 08/27/03

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    I'm trying (without success) to get ALSA version 0.9.6 to work in woody
    using kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4. I built alsa-driver and alsa-lib from the
    sources provided by alsa-project.org; I built them against the
    kernel-headers-bf2.4 package. both compiled and installed without
    complaint. I am using an SB Live (emu10k1). I have done an apt-get
    dist-upgrade.

    when running alsamixer after inserting the modules, I get this error (it
    is the only output):

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

    of course, no other apps can access the mixer or the card's
    input/output. it seems like this should be working... I've tried moving
    the card around, but no luck.

    I am reasonably sure this is not a hardware problem, as OSS drivers work
    fine. also, I sense that this is not a problem with the snd-emu10k1
    driver itself: I swapped the card out for my older ens1371 card, set the
    proper module options for that card, modprobe'd it with no errors, and
    got the same error from alsamixer. OSS also works fine for the 1371 card.

    I have my .asoundrc's set properly, and I put the module configuration
    in /etc/modutils/alsa (as opposed to editing modules.conf directly) and
    ran update-modules. modules.conf looks fine. I also compiled a 2.4.22
    kernel, built the modules against that, and got the same result. any ideas?

    really, I would be using CVS alsa right now, but I figured I would try
    with a release first...

    cr 

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