ALSA problamo

[a monkey]

Geert Janssens wrote:

> Andrew wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:58, a monkey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Whenever I try to use audio, I get this error: `audio_alsa: no cards 
>>> found!' I obviously need to configure ALSA to recognize my card. The 
>>> Soundcard Detection app works, I can hear the test sound through it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Everyone seam to be stuck with this problem. I got around by compiling
>> xmms-1.2.10-1 from xmms.org (YDL4 provided 1.2.10-2 seg. fault on my
>> machine. ppc64-only build?) and use OSS drivers for my audio needs (CD,
>> streams..) On a side note, I am used to disable
>> system-events-and-special-effects-beeps as I found them annoying. This
>> mean I have no clue how to and have no desire to resolve this problem,
>> anyway. I heard some folks got it going by re-compiling kernel stuffs
>> (modules?) and properly setup /etc/modprobe.conf. Its like snd-powermac
>> instead of snd_powermac or something.!??! Some others powerbook users
>> found that using 8-bits instead of 16-bits gave it a go.
>>
> Actually it's snd_powermac instead of the older dmasound_pmac. 
> Definitely with an underscore instead of a hyphen.
>
> For me that was all the low level kernel changes I had to make to get 
> alsa working.
>
> But next to that, I recompiled XMMS 1.2.10-1 just as you did, but 
> mainly because YDL's one was missing mp3 support. This appears to be a 
> general Redhat-based distribution issue, which is the result of some 
> mp3 decoder licence unclarity.
>
> And finally to get sound, I had to choose ALSA in the KDE control 
> panel for sound, and in KMix enable the record 'led' in the inputs 
> tab, the Mic 'led' in the switches tab, and make sure that in the 
> output tab the Mic boost is way open. This last part changes from 
> system to system, depending on whether there are inputs available or not.
>
> Oh, and by the way, until now I have to redo the KMix settings each 
> time I reboot.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geert Jan
>
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So I just edit /etc/modprobe.conf? Or some other file?