Hi all,

I have done the alsa configuration before, so I am kind of at a loss as to why nothing is working. I believe that I followed the Gentoo Linux Alsa Guide to the letter, but it was confusing. I had difficulty figuring out which parts of the text applied to different ways of configuring Alsa. For example, the use of modules vs. a compiled in kernel Alsa. Also, when is the alsa-driver needed for operation? It wouldn't compile when I tried it.

I am using modules. Now, alsaconf failed when I tried it. It wrote error messages to modules.d/alsa. I seem to remember the error entries had a "snd-***" in them. But a manually edited modules.d/alsa and then a modules-update allowed all the needed modules to be loaded during bootup.

So lsmod shows all the needed modules loaded, alsamixer is fully unmuted and the volumes turned up, yet no sound. I am certain that I have the right modules for my soundcard as revealed by pciutils.

Is there any other documentation for Alsa? Man alsa or alsasound revealed nothing as well as apropos alsa.

Thanks,  Rob.
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