Arch Linux

nephish

Member

Registered: 2005-06-08

Posts: 95

alsaconf crashes

hey there,
i just did a fresh install of arch
following the wiki to get sound going for alsa, and i get to the part where it calls for doing alsaconf as root, and bam, it crashes. i start to see the curses like interface show up in the table and then it crashes. It takes me back to the terminal screen.
so... what should i do ?

i have a via

this is from lsmod

snd_via82xx            29216  1
snd_ac97_codec         78176  1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm               101252  2 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              27140  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10244  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
gameport                5120  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart         8704  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            26144  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8972  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    59108  9 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device

when i do a /etc/rc.d/alsa start
everything looks like its ok.

i have tried with and without the default lines in modprobe.conf commented out ( the ones that deal with alsa-oss)

so, i dont know where to go from here

i have udev .68 installed, but i am not sure its being used.

thanks

nephish

Member

Registered: 2005-06-08

Posts: 95

Re: alsaconf crashes

ok, now i know i am using udev ( went through the wiki and obeyed,  lilo menu and all)

any takers?

nephish

Member

Registered: 2005-06-08

Posts: 95

Re: alsaconf crashes

solved my problem by installing the alsa-oss modules from arch and uncommenting the lines in /etc/modprobe.conf

this allowed me to use the mixer and audacity and everything that i usually need.

cool