OK so I mostly fixed the problems however i have to run vxloader manually. Sorry for the noise. >From: "Jonathan Beilin" <jbeilin@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: A list for linux audio users ><linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [linux-audio-user] VXPocket v2 help please >Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 15:34:30 -0700 > >I have a VXPocket v2 PCMCIA soundcard. I got pcmcia-cs working just fine >and followed all the ALSA install instructions on the alsa-project. I >started the pcmcia service and started alsasound. /proc/asound lists card0 >(i8x0) and card1 (vxpocket). cat devices lists, for card 1, >32: [1- 0]: ctl >36: [1- 0]: hardware dependent . > >aplay -l lists no playback for this card, and alsamixer reports no mixer >elems found for the card. xmms output plugin, predictably, also lacks an >option to output to the card. > > >any idea what's wrong? gentoo, running kernel 2.6.4-mm1 on a dell 8600. >Any help is appreciated. > > >here are the steps I took during installation: >(for those unfamiliar with gentoo, the emerge command is used to compile & >install packages) > ># emerge pcmcia-cs >(copied some other guy's config.opts since cardmgr crashes w/ default >options.) > ># emerge alsa-utils ># emerge alsa-tools ># emerge alsa-firmware > >copied vxpocket.conf from alsa source to /etc/pcmcia > >compiled a new kernel with ISA, PCMCIA, and ALSA support, with the VXPocket >driver compiled in (not as modules). > >added these lines to /etc/modules.d/alsa: >alias snd-card 0 snd-intel8x0 >alias snd-card-1 snd-vxpocket >post-install snd-vxpocket /usr/bin/vxloader >options snd cards_limit=2 > ># modules-update > >restarted computer with the new kernel. > >#/etc/init.d/pcmcia start >#/etc/init.d/alsasound restart > >(I also tried removing the i8x0 lines and making snd-vxpocket card 0 but >that failed also. the intel i8x0 sound works just fine, it's just the >vxpocket that is presenting a problem) > >Thanks again! > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar ? FREE! >http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/
