[Alsa-user] Are the alsa-1.0.4 install instructions broken for 2.6.5?

[Gene H. <gen...@ve...>]

Hello list, Jaroslav;

I've had a just barely working sound system since I switched to the 
2.6.x kernels, mostly from some residdual oss stuff, so I figured it 
was time to update it with the full alsa-1.0.4 kit.  TvTime in 
particular had very low, and uncontrolled audio levels. Kmix could 
make it loud enough to hear, and that was about it.  Gnomeradio has 
been segfaulting too.

I've followed the instructions as written on the web page titled 
"Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - via82xx, at 
<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/templete.php?company=VIA&card=&chip=via82c686a&module=via82xx>

for installing the drivers, lib, and utils.

1. The link to Planet CCRMA for RedHat seems to be dead.

2.'modinfo soundcore' returns
modinfo: could not find module soundcore

However, if I ask it just for 'sound' I get this:
[root@coyote root]# modinfo sound
license:        GPL
description:    OSS Sound subsystem
author:         Hannu Savolainen, et al.
vermagic:       2.6.5 preempt K7 gcc-3.2
depends:

3. after making all the sound related stuff into modules (I did have 
it all built in), it appears none of them are loadable, and with all 
the entries added to /etc/modules.conf, there is no mention of any of 
this in /var/log/dmesg or in /var/log/messages after a reboot.

4. [root@coyote root]# modprobe --version
module-init-tools version 3.0-pre4

It appears that this particular version of these tools don't know 
where to look for the sound stuff.  BUT, it loads the usb & firewire 
stuff automaticly just fine, and an lsmod returns:
[root@coyote root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
eth1394                21124  0
ohci1394               35712  0
ieee1394              321872  2 eth1394,ohci1394
pl2303                 16708  0
usbserial              28324  1 pl2303

5: I made a /root/.asoundrc file also, but the instructions contain 
the path to that as /home/xxx/.asoundrc.  What does the 'xxx' stand 
for?

6: My sound modules available are:
[root@coyote root]# tree /lib/modules/2.6.5/kernel/sound
/lib/modules/2.6.5/kernel/sound
|-- acore
|   |-- oss
|   |   |-- snd-mixer-oss.ko
|   |   `-- snd-pcm-oss.ko
|   |-- seq
|   |   |-- oss
|   |   |   `-- snd-seq-oss.ko
|   |   |-- snd-seq-device.ko
|   |   |-- snd-seq-midi-event.ko
|   |   |-- snd-seq-midi.ko
|   |   `-- snd-seq.ko
|   |-- snd-page-alloc.ko
|   |-- snd-pcm.ko
|   |-- snd-rawmidi.ko
|   |-- snd-rtctimer.ko
|   |-- snd-timer.ko
|   `-- snd.ko
|-- core
|   |-- oss
|   `-- seq
|       `-- oss
|-- drivers
|   `-- mpu401
|       `-- snd-mpu401-uart.ko
|-- oss
|   |-- ac97_codec.ko
|   |-- sound.ko
|   |-- uart401.ko
|   `-- via82cxxx_audio.ko
`-- pci
    |-- ac97
    |   `-- snd-ac97-codec.ko
    `-- snd-via82xx.ko


My /etc/modules.conf and .asoundrc files are attached.
I just changed the alias in the #OSS-free protion of modules.conf from 
soundcore to sound, and when I execute that long multi-modprobe line, 
it takes a while, and an lsmod now shows this:
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_seq_oss            37120  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                57520  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            53700  0
snd_mixer_oss          19776  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx            25824  0
snd_pcm                99456  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx
snd_timer              26368  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_ac97_codec         65156  1 snd_via82xx
snd_page_alloc         11332  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         8128  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            25664  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8388  3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd                    56708  12 
snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
eth1394                21124  0
ohci1394               35712  0
ieee1394              321872  2 eth1394,ohci1394
pl2303                 16708  0
usbserial              28324  1 pl2303

Do I need to put that line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local?  If not there, 
where?

So thats progress & apparently confirms that my modprobe is 
sufficiently up to date.  However, at this point, the only working 
sound is the consoles beeper speaker.

What do I need to do to restore full function?

-- 
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