i followed the directions in the alsa install guide to install alsa 0.9.0rc2. on reboot, computer freezes trying to start alsa (load the driver, i think). i also tried using ACCEPT_KEYWORD="~x86" when emerging it, which uses alsa 0.9.0rc6, but this fails with: checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... Unknown soundcard via8233, exiting!
rc1 and rc2 froze my system on boot. rc5 and rc6 work fine. I have a SB Live! (aka emu10k1)
It was pointed out to me that the name of the driver changed between versions from via8233 to via82xx. Once I changed this, alsa installed properly. I still do not have sound, but this is most likely a problem on my end rather then with the alsa package, since everything looks fine.
Have you updated /etc/modules.d/alsa an run "update-modules"?
yes, i have updated /etc/modules.d/alsa for the new driver, and run update-modules. when i stop and start alsa manually, i get: bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound stop * Shutting down ALSA modules.... [ ok ] bash-2.05b# /etc/init.d/alsasound start * Initialising ALSA.... * Starting sound driver: snd-via82xx Warning: ignoring snd_major=116, no such parameter in this module Warning: ignoring snd_cards_limit=1, no such parameter in this module Module snd loaded, with warnings Module snd-ac97-codec loaded, with warnings Module snd-seq-device loaded, with warnings Module snd-rawmidi loaded, with warnings Module snd-mpu401-uart loaded, with warnings Module snd-timer loaded, with warnings Module snd-pcm loaded, with warnings Module snd-via82xx loaded, with warnings maybe this is part of my problem?
Yes. In rc6 all kernel symbols starting with snd_ were renamed. Just remove the snd_ prefix, like so: options snd snd_cards_limit=1 becomes: options snd cards_limit=1 This is true for any alsa-related snd_ prefixes in your /etc/modules.conf. Feel free to reopen this bug if this still doesn't help.
