That was indeed the case. I was able to unload the remaining snd* modules and then use insmod to loadup the modules generated by my compile of the alsa-drivers 1.0.14 drop. However I'm not getting any sound now, and some utilities such as amixer and alsamixer are giving me Seg fault errors. What else do I need to do inorder to get the drivers installed? What could I have done wrong and how to debug it? Here is the list of modules I was able to install: snd_seq_oss 37248 0 snd_seq_midi_event 11136 1 snd_seq_oss snd_pcm_oss 49064 0 snd_mixer_oss 22912 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_hda_intel 249296 0 snd_seq 56400 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 12684 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm 81924 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel snd_page_alloc 14856 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_timer 28676 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 67392 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq,snd_seq_devi ce,snd_pcm,snd_timer I figured that the mixer must be muted since I get no error, but also no sound with aplay, but I can't set anything via the mixer: brooke: aplay ../../sounds/testpcm1.wav Playing WAVE '../../sounds/testpcm1.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono brooke: amixer set Front 70 unmute Simple mixer control 'Front',0 zsh: segmentation fault amixer set Front 70 unmute brooke: amixer scontrols Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Simple mixer control 'Aux-In',0 Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0 Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Simple mixer control 'iSpeaker',0 Do I need to remove the device nodes and re-create them? Not sure where to go from here... I'm also thinking about adding some good basic setup instructions on the wiki as most of that seems to be either out of date or just missing. -Brooke > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Unruh [mailto:unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:43 AM > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Wallace, Brooke wrote: > > > This may be a sily question, but I just compiled that > latest version of > > Alsa drivers for my system and I'd like to load them and > test them out. > > > > The problem I have is that I've already got alsa drivers > installed (as > > return by lsmod). So when I try to unload those modules I get a Seg > > Fault error: > > > >> sudo modprobe -r snd_azx > > sh: line1: 7204 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/alsactl store > >/dev/null > > 2>&1 > > Hmm. Obviously your system is set up to run a script when > your modules is > downloaded, and the program alsactl is problematic. Did you > install those > new libraries etc. If so you seem to have a problem. > You could just do > rmmod snd_azx > instead of using modprobe. If you look in /etc/modprobe.conf > or one of the > files in /etc/modprobe.d/ you will presumably see that the > snd_azx module > has a command to run alsactl befor unloading the module. > > > > > > Am I missing something here? What are the proper steps to unload a > > module, and then load in a new version of the module? > > > > This doesn't seem to be covered in any documentation. Most > of what I can > > find just talks about loading in new modules fro the first > time. Don't I > > have to unload the old one first? > > > > The system is Redhat - linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp > > > > The sound modules I want to unload are: snd_azx, snd_pcm_oss, > > snd_mixer_oss, snd_pcm, snd_timer, snd, snd_page_alloc So I > can replace > > them with the newwly compiled modules. > > > > Actually, it looks like snd_azx is no longer loaded.... > Still I'm a bit > > confused about the error message. modprobe is not a shell script. > > > > Ok, I think the error must be because its trying to run my newwly > > compiled version of alsactl. Guess I should have either not > installed > > the new stuff, or unloaded the older modules first... Wish there was > > more documentation on this stuff... > > > > -Brooke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
