Re: The new RH9 Kernel and ALSA

From: Ian Hilliard (nospam_at_hilliardtech.com)
Date: 03/03/04 

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:50:14 +0100

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:11:40 -0500, Michael C. De Masi wrote:

>
> Hey Gang,
>
> Anybody else having trouble with the new Red Hat 2.4.20-30.9
> Kernel and ALSA? Every time I boot the new kernel, I get:
>
> alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...
>
> when I try to start ALSA. Everything still works fine when
> I go back to the 2.4.20-28.9 Kernel, which is what I'm
> presently doing.
>
> I'm running ALSA version 1.0.1, compiled from source with
> one small hack (I had to change a #define to get around the
> 'schedule_work' thing) with a CS4236 sound card. Never did
> get ALSA working with OSS, which is no big deal since my
> players work fine with straight ALSA output.
>
> Only other difference between booting the new and older
> Kernel is that 2.4.20-30.9 says it recognizes the card on
> bootup while the older (working) version does not. Kinda
> back-asswards, one would think. So since the version that
> does not recognize the card works, I used reverse logic and
> told the new kernel not to initialize the card on bootup.
> Still no good.
>
> Any ideas?
> MikeD

I had the the problem that the driver loaded, but the sound didn't work.
Fortunately, I found that alsa 0.98 still works, so that's what I'm
using.

Ian

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