Re: [Alsa-user] problem with alsa 0.5.11 and kernel 2.4.17

[Frans K. <ket...@wa...>]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:03:23 -0500
Bob Young <pol...@mo...> wrote:

> I have a ens1370 card.  With kernel 2.4.3-20mdk (Mandrake 8.0) and alsa
> 0.5.11 I had absolutely no problems. Now I have compiled and installed a
> standard 2.4.17 kernel.  I recompiled the alsa drivers, and the libs and
> utilities, and installed all.  Kernel modules are loading properly, but
> amixer, alsamixer and alsactl all refuse to run - 	"alsamixer: failed
> to open mixer #0/#0: Invalid argument" Aumix does work to a point; I was
> able to raise volume and pcm, and I get good playback - but no recording. 
> After a reboot levels are all back to zero, as alsactl won't run. I've
> checked everything in /proc/asound, and cannot see anything wrong.  Any
> ideas? Anybody have alsa 0.5.11 working with kernel 2.4.17?
> 
> Bob  

You need a more recent driver for 2.4.14+ kernels, see the ALSA home page.

    -Frans