Thread: [Alsa-user] Gina24 install problems
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From: <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-25 12:17:19
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oops, sorry. Last time I sent the email accidently too early. :-) So, here the (hopefully) complete email.: Hi, I am trying to install my Gina24 on opensuse10.2 with this installation howto: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Echo+Digital+Audio+Corporation&card=Gina24.&chip=Motorola+56301+or+56361%2C+FPGA&module=gina24 but I don't get it done. As root I check modinfo soundcore and it returns filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko description: Core sound module author: Alan Cox license: GPL alias: char-major-14-* vermagic: 2.6.18.2-34-default SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 supported: yes depends: srcversion: 69B73D502EF87CE567454E1 which I think is OK, right? Next section is Quick install. I did these things: " In a shell type these commands: Make a directory to store the alsa source code in. cd /usr/src mkdir alsa cd alsa cp /downloads/alsa-* . Now unzip and install the alsa-driver package bunzip2 alsa-driver-xxx tar -xf alsa-driver-xxx cd alsa-driver-xxx ./configure --with-cards=gina24 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install " and got many error messages. So I typed ./configure --with-cards=gina24 --with-sequencer=yes and it looks OK to me. Nothing looks to me like an error there. Then I type "make" and get this: make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' make[1]: *** Keine Regel vorhanden, um das Target »/home/fritzman/ALSA/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/include/sound/driver.h«, benötigt von »hpetimer.o«, zu erstellen. Schluss. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' make: *** [compile] Fehler 1 and then I'm stuck as I don't know what this should tell me. Would you please help me get the Gina24 installed? Thanx a lot, FRitz -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-27 23:34:01
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Hi, is anybody willing and able to help me getting my Gina24 to work on opensuse 10.2? Thanx a lot! Best wishes, FRitz ba...@gm... schrieb: > oops, sorry. Last time I sent the email accidently too early. :-) So, here the (hopefully) complete email.: > > Hi, > > I am trying to install my Gina24 on opensuse10.2 with this installation howto: > > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Echo+Digital+Audio+Corporation&card=Gina24.&chip=Motorola+56301+or+56361%2C+FPGA&module=gina24 > > but I don't get it done. > > As root I check > > modinfo soundcore > > and it returns > > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko > description: Core sound module > author: Alan Cox > license: GPL > alias: char-major-14-* > vermagic: 2.6.18.2-34-default SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 > supported: yes > depends: > srcversion: 69B73D502EF87CE567454E1 > > which I think is OK, right? > > > Next section is Quick install. I did these things: > > " > In a shell type these commands: > > Make a directory to store the alsa source code in. > > cd /usr/src > mkdir alsa > cd alsa > cp /downloads/alsa-* . > > Now unzip and install the alsa-driver package > > bunzip2 alsa-driver-xxx > tar -xf alsa-driver-xxx > cd alsa-driver-xxx > ./configure --with-cards=gina24 --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install > " > > and got many error messages. So I typed > > ./configure --with-cards=gina24 --with-sequencer=yes > > and it looks OK to me. Nothing looks to me like an error there. > > Then I type "make" and get this: > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' > make[1]: *** Keine Regel vorhanden, um das Target »/home/fritzman/ALSA/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/include/sound/driver.h«, > benötigt von »hpetimer.o«, zu erstellen. Schluss. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' > make: *** [compile] Fehler 1 > > and then I'm stuck as I don't know what this should tell me. > > > Would you please help me get the Gina24 installed? > > > Thanx a lot, FRitz > |
From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2007-02-28 14:41:01
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On 2/25/07, ba...@gm... <ba...@gm...> wrote: > filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' You are trying to install an ancient ALSA version into a newer kernel. This is not supported. What's wrong with the ALSA version that comes with your kernel? Lee |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 15:20:31
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Lee Revell schrieb: > On 2/25/07, ba...@gm... <ba...@gm...> wrote: >> filename: >> /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko > >> make[1]: Entering directory >> `/home/fritzman/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc4a/acore' > > You are trying to install an ancient ALSA version into a newer kernel. > This is not supported. > > What's wrong with the ALSA version that comes with your kernel? > > Lee > Hi Lee, I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kernel. I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. How do I do it? Thanx in advance, FRitz |
From: <al...@in...> - 2007-02-28 16:11:26
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bajongo schrieb: > Hi Lee, > > I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my > Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. > Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kernel. > I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and > found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. > How do I do it? > > Thanx in advance, FRitz > Hi! Unfortunately, there is really no howto that is up to date and "beginner-ready". I'll try to explain how to do it and if it works, this email can serve as a base for a new howto. First, download the latest alsa packages from the official website: ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.12.tar.bz2 There is another package, alsa-tools-1.0.13, but I don't know exactly what's up with that. I think most users won't need it. Now untar the packages you just downloaded: tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 tar -jxvf alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 [...] Then, for each of the packages, enter the newly created folder, configure the compiler, compile and install. Preferred order is driver, lib, utils, other, as some packages need to be installed before others. cd alsa-driver-1.0.13 ./configure make sudo make install cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.13 ./configure [...] The configure command of the driver package without parameters sets the compiler to compile and install all available drivers, which is OK in most cases. If you only want to install some drivers, you can specifiy them with ./configure --with-cards=<list> (see ./configure --help for available drivers and other details). Only execute the make command if the ./configure command didn't show any errors and only execute the make install command if the make command didn't either. If everything worked fine, you only have to restart your computer (well, you don't have to, but it's easier than restarting alsa and loading the new drivers manually). I hope this works for you! If you have any questions or ideas about how to improve this explanation, please let me know! Regards, Ingo |
From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2007-02-28 16:20:06
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On 2/28/07, Ingo M=FCller <al...@in...> wrote: > Unfortunately, there is really no howto that is up to date and > "beginner-ready". I'll try to explain how to do it and if it works, this > email can serve as a base for a new howto. I think a beginner-oriented HOWTO is pointless. Beginners should install Ubuntu or Fedora or whatever and their sound card will just work. Lee |
From: <al...@in...> - 2007-02-28 20:53:02
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> Yeah! > > Thanx a lot, Ingo. > After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total > Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my > Linux book) > > cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: > > 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 > Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 > > So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. > Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something > like configuration of all audio devices failed). > > And now? :-) > > > Best wishes, FRitz Hi! Once ALSA with its drivers is installed, the best thing to test if everything works OK is to use the official ALSA utils form the utils package. Try: speaker-test -c2 -Dplughw:0,0 -twav If you have more than two channels, change -c2 to -c6 for 5.1 output for example. You can also try to test a .wav file with: aplay -Dplughw:0,0 Also try -Ddefault or -Dsurround51 if -Dplughw:0,0 doesn't work. If one of these "devices" (-D) works, your are done with installing ALSA and have only to worry about how to decode MP3s. Regards, Ingo |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 21:08:19
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Ingo Müller schrieb: >> Yeah! >> >> Thanx a lot, Ingo. >> After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total >> Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my >> Linux book) >> >> cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: >> >> 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 >> Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 >> >> So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. >> Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something >> like configuration of all audio devices failed). >> >> And now? :-) >> >> >> Best wishes, FRitz >> > > Hi! > > Once ALSA with its drivers is installed, the best thing to test if > everything works OK is to use the official ALSA utils form the utils > package. Try: > > speaker-test -c2 -Dplughw:0,0 -twav > > If you have more than two channels, change -c2 to -c6 for 5.1 output for > example. You can also try to test a .wav file with: > > aplay -Dplughw:0,0 > > Also try -Ddefault or -Dsurround51 if -Dplughw:0,0 doesn't work. If one > of these "devices" (-D) works, your are done with installing ALSA and > have only to worry about how to decode MP3s. > > Regards, Ingo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Als...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > Hm, I get these errors: With: speaker-test -c2 -Dplughw:0,0 -twav I get: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1357:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card Playback open error: -19,Kein passendes Gerät gefunden With: aplay -Dplughw:0,0 I get: ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1357:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card aplay: main:550: audio open error: Kein passendes Gerät gefunden With: aplay -Ddefault:0,0 I get: ALSA lib conf.c:3830:(parse_args) Unknown parameter 1 ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden ALSA lib pcm.c:2143:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default:0,0 aplay: main:550: audio open error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden With: aplay -Dsurround51:0,0 I get: ALSA lib pcm.c:2014:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM surround51:0,0 definition (id: surround51, value: cards.pcm.surround51) aplay: main:550: audio open error: Das Argument ist ungültig Thanx for your help! FRitz |
From: <al...@in...> - 2007-02-28 21:42:14
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Hi! The last two commands don't work, because they should look like this: aplay -Dsurround51 <filename> aplay -Ddefault <filename> The :0,0 that comes after plughw is a parameter for the device telling it to use card *0* subdevice *0* (that's what the numbers stand for). I forgot the <filename> before, sorry about that. Anyway, the problem seems to be somewhere else. Maybe you indeed need some firmware, but I don't know at all how to deal with this. If you get your sound card to work, it'd be really great if you could write some lines to http://alsa.opensrc.org/Gina24&action=edit about how you did it. Anything helps, even if it's only the fact that a firmeware is needed, URLs about web pages about this problem etc...) Regards, Ingo > With: > aplay -Dplughw:0,0 > I get: > > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1357:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card > aplay: main:550: audio open error: Kein passendes Gerät gefunden > > With: > aplay -Ddefault:0,0 > I get: > > ALSA lib conf.c:3830:(parse_args) Unknown parameter 1 > ALSA lib conf.c:3952:(snd_config_expand) Parse arguments error: Datei > oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden > ALSA lib pcm.c:2143:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default:0,0 > aplay: main:550: audio open error: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden > > With: > aplay -Dsurround51:0,0 > I get: > > ALSA lib pcm.c:2014:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM > surround51:0,0 definition (id: surround51, value: cards.pcm.surround51) > aplay: main:550: audio open error: Das Argument ist ungültig > > > Thanx for your help! > > FRitz |
From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2007-02-28 16:19:06
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On 2/28/07, bajongo <ba...@gm...> wrote: > I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my > Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. > Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kernel. > I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and > found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. > How do I do it? With a decent Linux distro it should Just Work. All of those guides and howtos are really not relevant unless you want to build a system from scratch or need to work around distro bugs. Please explain exactly what does not work. Lee |
From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2007-02-28 16:36:27
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On 2/28/07, Giuliano Pochini <po...@de...> wrote: > :-/ The Suse provides the firmware for all echoaudio cards, but the > drivers aren't there. I searched for "gina24" in all packages... I > found the firmware only. > > Btw, there's no need to rebuild "everything". Just get the most recent > kernel package *with sources* for your distro and install it. Then ALSA > should compile without troubles with the usual conf/make/install steps. I would advise a beginner to switch to a better distro rather than struggle with kernel building. But it looks like Fedora is no better - according to http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg00538.html, they ship the kernel module but not the firmware! Maybe Ubuntu supports the hardware OOTB? Lee |
From: Stephan S. <nur...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 21:33:52
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:36:12AM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: >But it looks like Fedora is no better - according to >http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg00538.htm= l, >they ship the kernel module but not the firmware! Hm, do you mean, this card needs a separate firmware file that the ALSA=20 module will load, and this firmware is not part of ALSA? Maybe it is not=20 free enough to distribute? The driver for my Intel Wireless 2915abg is=20 part of the kernel, but I have to download the firmware file myself from=20 the Intel website. Shade and sweet water! Stephan --=20 | Stephan Seitz E-Mail: Nur...@gm... | | PGP Public Keys: http://fsing.rootsland.net/~stse/pgp.html | |
From: Matthias K. <mk...@su...> - 2007-02-28 17:20:28
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ba...@gm... writes: > I am trying to install my Gina24 on opensuse10.2 with this installation howto: As Lee already wrote, the installation howto is from ancient times ALSA hasn't been included in Linux distros and everything had to be set up manually. If you are using opensuse 10.2 everything should work out of the box. Yast should detect and set up your card automatically. If this does not work, please describe what is not working. Matthias |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 17:26:14
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Matthias Koenig schrieb: > ba...@gm... writes: > >> I am trying to install my Gina24 on opensuse10.2 with this installation howto: >> > > As Lee already wrote, the installation howto is from ancient times > ALSA hasn't been included in Linux distros and everything had to be > set up manually. > > If you are using opensuse 10.2 everything should work out of the box. > Yast should detect and set up your card automatically. > > If this does not work, please describe what is not working. > > Matthias > > Well, thanx for all your help. opensuse 10.2 detected my onboard soundcard which is not the the one I want to use. Yast didn't find my Gina24. Best wishes, FRitz |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 18:20:52
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Matthias Koenig schrieb: > bajongo <ba...@gm...> writes: > > >> opensuse 10.2 detected my onboard soundcard which is not the the one I >> want to use. Yast didn't find my Gina24. >> > > Hmm, the kernel module snd-gina24 is there. > However I could not find it in the Yast sound configuration module. > > Please try (as root) > modprobe snd-gina24 > > After this step succeeds you should see the card with > cat /proc/asound/cards > > Matthias > > As root: modprobe snd-gina24 doesn't say anything, gives me the bash again. Then: cat /proc/asound/cards tells me : --- no soundcards --- ? FRitz |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 19:43:00
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Stephan Seitz schrieb: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:21:31PM +0100, bajongo wrote: >> As root: modprobe snd-gina24 >> doesn't say anything, gives me the bash again. Then: > > This at least means that the module is available. > Please look at /var/log/messages (or the last lines of the output of > the command dmesg) and see if they say something about sound. > > Shade and sweet water! > > Stephan > > Hi Stephan, I dunno what to do to read /var/log/messages. In Konqueror it tells me that I don't have sufficient authorization to read it. In bash as root I don't know how to open it. FRitz > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Als...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > |
From: Matthias K. <mk...@su...> - 2007-02-28 18:13:16
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bajongo <ba...@gm...> writes: > opensuse 10.2 detected my onboard soundcard which is not the the one I > want to use. Yast didn't find my Gina24. Hmm, the kernel module snd-gina24 is there. However I could not find it in the Yast sound configuration module. Please try (as root) modprobe snd-gina24 After this step succeeds you should see the card with cat /proc/asound/cards Matthias |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 19:32:02
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Ingo Müller schrieb: > bajongo schrieb: > >> Hi Lee, >> >> I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my >> Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. >> Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kernel. >> I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and >> found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. >> How do I do it? >> >> Thanx in advance, FRitz >> >> > > > Hi! > > Unfortunately, there is really no howto that is up to date and > "beginner-ready". I'll try to explain how to do it and if it works, this > email can serve as a base for a new howto. > > First, download the latest alsa packages from the official website: > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.12.tar.bz2 > > There is another package, alsa-tools-1.0.13, but I don't know exactly > what's up with that. I think most users won't need it. > > Now untar the packages you just downloaded: > > tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > tar -jxvf alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > [...] > > Then, for each of the packages, enter the newly created folder, > configure the compiler, compile and install. Preferred order is driver, > lib, utils, other, as some packages need to be installed before others. > > cd alsa-driver-1.0.13 > ./configure > make > sudo make install > > cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.13 > ./configure > [...] > > The configure command of the driver package without parameters sets the > compiler to compile and install all available drivers, which is OK in > most cases. If you only want to install some drivers, you can specifiy > them with ./configure --with-cards=<list> (see ./configure --help for > available drivers and other details). Only execute the make command if > the ./configure command didn't show any errors and only execute the make > install command if the make command didn't either. > > If everything worked fine, you only have to restart your computer (well, > you don't have to, but it's easier than restarting alsa and loading the > new drivers manually). > > I hope this works for you! If you have any questions or ideas about how > to improve this explanation, please let me know! > > Regards, Ingo > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Als...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > Yeah! Thanx a lot, Ingo. After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my Linux book) cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something like configuration of all audio devices failed). And now? :-) Best wishes, FRitz |
From: Nigel H. <cav...@al...> - 2007-02-28 19:52:48
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On Wednesday 28 February 2007 20:32, bajongo wrote: > Ingo M=FCller schrieb: > > bajongo schrieb: > >> Hi Lee, > >> > >> I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my > >> Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. > >> Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my kerne= l. > >> I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and > >> found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. > >> How do I do it? > >> > >> Thanx in advance, FRitz > > > > Hi! > > > > Unfortunately, there is really no howto that is up to date and > > "beginner-ready". I'll try to explain how to do it and if it works, this > > email can serve as a base for a new howto. > > > > First, download the latest alsa packages from the official website: > > > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/alsa-oss-1.0.12.tar.bz2 > > > > There is another package, alsa-tools-1.0.13, but I don't know exactly > > what's up with that. I think most users won't need it. > > > > Now untar the packages you just downloaded: > > > > tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > tar -jxvf alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2 > > [...] > > > > Then, for each of the packages, enter the newly created folder, > > configure the compiler, compile and install. Preferred order is driver, > > lib, utils, other, as some packages need to be installed before others. > > > > cd alsa-driver-1.0.13 > > ./configure > > make > > sudo make install > > > > cd ../alsa-lib-1.0.13 > > ./configure > > [...] > > > > The configure command of the driver package without parameters sets the > > compiler to compile and install all available drivers, which is OK in > > most cases. If you only want to install some drivers, you can specifiy > > them with ./configure --with-cards=3D<list> (see ./configure --help for > > available drivers and other details). Only execute the make command if > > the ./configure command didn't show any errors and only execute the make > > install command if the make command didn't either. > > > > If everything worked fine, you only have to restart your computer (well, > > you don't have to, but it's easier than restarting alsa and loading the > > new drivers manually). > > > > I hope this works for you! If you have any questions or ideas about how > > to improve this explanation, please let me know! > > > > Regards, Ingo > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn ca= sh > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=3Djoin.php&p=3Dsourceforge&CID= =3DDEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Als...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > Yeah! > > Thanx a lot, Ingo. > After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total > Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my > Linux book) > > cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: > > 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 > Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 > > So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. > Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something > like configuration of all audio devices failed). > > And now? :-) > > > Best wishes, FRitz MP3 can be a problem in itself. It may be best to try playing a .ogg, or ju= st=20 a .wav file with Xine. You may need some extra stuff installed for Xine to= =20 play MP3's. Nigel. |
From: Giuliano P. <po...@sh...> - 2007-02-28 23:20:56
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:32:38 +0100 bajongo <ba...@gm...> wrote: > Thanx a lot, Ingo. > After following your detailed instructions (not suited for the total > Linux beginner but it was OK for me as I already read a few hours in my > Linux book) > > cat /proc/asound/cards gives me this: > > 0 [Gina24 ]: Echo_Gina24 - Gina24 > Gina24 rev.0 (DSP56301) at 0xfeae0000 irq 185 > > So I seem to be closer now. But I still can't e.g. play a mp3 file. > Xine tells me "Einrichtung aller Audiotreiber fehlgeschlagen" (something > like configuration of all audio devices failed). Try something simpler than xine first. For example aplay -l: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Gina3G [Gina3G], device 0: Analog PCM [Gina3G] Subdevices: 6/6 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 card 0: Gina3G [Gina3G], device 1: Digital PCM [Gina3G] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 1: Gina24 [Gina24], device 0: Analog PCM [Gina24] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 1: Gina24 [Gina24], device 1: Digital PCM [Gina24] Subdevices: 8/8 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 Subdevice #4: subdevice #4 Subdevice #5: subdevice #5 Subdevice #6: subdevice #6 Subdevice #7: subdevice #7 card 2: Snapper [PowerMac Snapper], device 0: PMac Snapper [PowerMac Snapper] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ You should see at least the Gina24 if the module was loaded successfully. If the Gina24 is the card 0, try: aplay something.wav (if it's card 1 you have to specify the device: aplay -D plughw:1 zyx.wav) You will not hear anything until you set the volume, which is muted by default. Try echomixer (it's part of alsa-tools. More infos: http://www.webalice.it/g_pochini/ead/ea-emixer.html). -- Giuliano. |
From: Stephan S. <nur...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 19:34:24
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:21:31PM +0100, bajongo wrote: >As root: modprobe snd-gina24 >doesn't say anything, gives me the bash again. Then: This at least means that the module is available. Please look at /var/log/messages (or the last lines of the output of the=20 command dmesg) and see if they say something about sound. Shade and sweet water! Stephan --=20 | Stephan Seitz E-Mail: Nur...@gm... | | PGP Public Keys: http://fsing.rootsland.net/~stse/pgp.html | |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 19:35:51
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Giuliano Pochini schrieb: > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Lee Revell wrote: > >> On 2/28/07, bajongo <ba...@gm...> wrote: >>> I do know nearly nothing about these things yet. I only want to get my >>> Gina24 running under Linux. I'm a Linux beginner. >>> Until you told me I didn't know that there is ALSA already in my >>> kernel. >>> I searched the net for a howto to install drivers for my audio card and >>> found this a little dated howto on the ALSA page. >>> How do I do it? >> >> With a decent Linux distro it should Just Work. All of those guides >> and howtos are really not relevant unless you want to build a system >> from scratch or need to work around distro bugs. > > :-/ The Suse provides the firmware for all echoaudio cards, but the > drivers aren't there. I searched for "gina24" in all packages... I > found the firmware only. > > Btw, there's no need to rebuild "everything". Just get the most recent > kernel package *with sources* for your distro and install it. Then > ALSA should compile without troubles with the usual conf/make/install > steps. > > > -- > Giuliano. > Hi Giuliano, where could I get this kernel package (I think at opensuse, for what should I look?) and how exactly would I install that? Best wishes, FRitz |
From: Stephan S. <nur...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 21:30:16
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:43:42PM +0100, bajongo wrote: >I dunno what to do to read /var/log/messages. In Konqueror it tells me >that I don't have sufficient authorization to read it. In bash as root I >don't know how to open it. Okay. /var/log/messages is a simply text file, so you can do: tail -n 20 /var/log/messages This will display the last 20 lines or cat /var/log/messages This will dump the whole file at your screen and you have a lot to=20 scroll. or less /var/log/messages This will open the file in the program less which is a so called pager.=20 You can use the arrow keys to navigate, G will jump to the end of the=20 file, g to the beginning, q will exit the program. The program dmesg will work as normal user and will print the last 16kb=20 of kernel messages. For further information see the manual pages of these= =20 programs (man tail, man cat, man less, or man dmesg). Shade and sweet water! Stephan PS: It seems your system uses a German locale setting, so most messages=20 are not in a language suitable for an international list. If you write a=20 =E2=80=9Eenv LANG=3DC=E2=80=9D before the program you want to use, the mess= ages will be in=20 English (e.g. =E2=80=9Eenv LANG=3DC ls =E2=80=93help=E2=80=9D will print th= e English help of ls). --=20 | Stephan Seitz E-Mail: Nur...@gm... | | PGP Public Keys: http://fsing.rootsland.net/~stse/pgp.html | |
From: bajongo <ba...@gm...> - 2007-02-28 21:38:34
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Stephan Seitz schrieb: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:43:42PM +0100, bajongo wrote: >> I dunno what to do to read /var/log/messages. In Konqueror it tells me >> that I don't have sufficient authorization to read it. In bash as root I >> don't know how to open it. > > Okay. /var/log/messages is a simply text file, so you can do: > tail -n 20 /var/log/messages > This will display the last 20 lines > > or > > cat /var/log/messages > This will dump the whole file at your screen and you have a lot to > scroll. > > or > > less /var/log/messages > This will open the file in the program less which is a so called > pager. You can use the arrow keys to navigate, G will jump to the end > of the file, g to the beginning, q will exit the program. > > The program dmesg will work as normal user and will print the last > 16kb of kernel messages. For further information see the manual pages > of these programs (man tail, man cat, man less, or man dmesg). > > Shade and sweet water! > > Stephan > > PS: It seems your system uses a German locale setting, so most > messages are not in a language suitable for an international list. If > you write a „env LANG=C” before the program you want to use, the > messages will be in English (e.g. „env LANG=C ls –help” will print the > English help of ls). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Als...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > Thanx for all the help, stephan. Got some stuff to read! :-) FRitz |