[ale] Sound problems in Debian 2.6 kernel

[Thomas Holmquist]

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 12:15, Jason Day wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 04:32:30PM +0200, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
> > What is turned on in your kernel config under sound? (perhaps you could
> > attach the .config file)
>
> Sound core is compiled as a module, as is ALSA, the OSS compatability
> stuff, and my sound card driver, i8x0.  Sound section of .config is
> attached.
>
> > Does sound work as root?
>
> It exhibits the same behavior as root.
>
> > Does dmesg say anything about sound? (When you boot up, Alsa will print
> > out any cards It detected. (Im pretty sure =P)
>
> Dmesg doesn't say anything at all about sound.  There's an alsa init
> script that restores the mixer settings, and it runs without error.  I
> can also run alsamixer, which detects the card correctly.  Everything
> under /proc/asound looks ok, as far as I can tell.
>
> It behaves exactly as if the sound is muted, but either it's not, or the
> mixer is lying to me.

Hmm, Im guessing that the modules actually are loaded (check lsmod) incase you 
didn't know. ;)

also, does /etc/modules.conf mention anything about the soundcard?

-Thomas

P.S. James: He said he had been using ALSA with 2.4, so I see no reason that 
the card would crackle more under 2.6. ;)