Re[3]: [Sound] RH 8 & cs4232 problem

[Joe Berry <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Monday, December 16, 2002, 5:54:38 PM, you wrote:


JB> Monday, December 16, 2002, 1:04:08 AM, you wrote:

AC>> On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 19:16, Joe Berry wrote:
>>> It was recommended to me to use cs4232 instead of nm256 a few weeks
>>> ago as the sound module of choice.  Just now getting back to trying to
>>> get sound to work.

AC>> It depends what your hardware is. Many neomagic setups need nm256 audio
AC>> not cs4232. 

JB> Good point.  So I tried again.  I'm definitely missing something.
JB> Here's my modprobe snd-nm256 output:

Phooey. I screwed up. If you look carefully below you'll note that I
didn't type the OPTIONS line correctly. When I typed in correctly, the
machine totally froze. No mouse, cursor, nothing. I am able to
reproduce the freeze everytime.


JB> ================ output from modprobe snd-nm256 ====================
JB> /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o: init_module: No such device
JB> /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o: insmod
JB> /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o failed
JB> /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.8.0/kernel/sound/pci/nm256/snd-nm256.o: insmod snd-nm256 failed
JB> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or
JB> IRQ parameters.
JB>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg

JB> ================ end of output ====================

JB> And here's the dmesg output:

JB> ================ output from dmesg =====================
JB> PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 01:00.1
JB> PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:07.2
JB> nm256: no ac97 is found!
JB>   force the driver to load by passing in the module parameter
JB>     force_ac97=1
JB>   or try sb16 or cs423x drivers instead.
JB> NeoMagic 256 audio soundchip not found or device busy
JB> PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 01:00.1
JB> PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:07.2
JB> nm256: no ac97 is found!
JB>   force the driver to load by passing in the module parameter
JB>     force_ac97=1
JB>   or try sb16 or cs423x drivers instead.
JB> NeoMagic 256 audio soundchip not found or device busy

JB> ============== end of output =================

JB> And my /etc/modprobe.conf file is the following:

JB> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
JB> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
JB> alias eth0 3c574_cs

JB> # ALSA portion
JB> alias char-major-116 snd
JB> alias snd-card-0 snd-nm256
JB> # module options go here
JB> options snd-snd-nm256 enable=1 force_ac97=1 irq=5

JB> # OSS/Free portion
JB> alias char-major-14 soundcore
JB> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

JB> # card #1
JB> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
JB> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
JB> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
JB> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
JB> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

JB> Any advice??