[mythtv] Mandrake 9 -- Help with ALSA -- More Detailed

[Jeremy Oddo]

OK, apparently I've turned into a test case :)

Let me give you a little details on my system and maybe that will shed
some light:

1.  I've got an Athlon 1700+ XP machine with built-in sound/video/nic.

2.  ALSA is using the via82cxxx_audio module.

3.  I only have 3 lines in my /etc/modules.conf file:
        probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
        alias eth0 8139too
        alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio

4.  Under "K->Configuration->KDE->Sound->Sound Server" the "Start aRts
soundserver on KDE startup" is UNCHECKED.  Does this need to be checked? 
If I turn it on, I can then go to the "Sound I/O" tab and select "Advanced
Linux Sound Architecture".  However, if I choose that, I get a error
telling me that "device: default" couldn't be opened for playback.

5.  xawtv works fine.

6.  If I type '/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S17alsa stop' it tells me that "ALSA driver
isn't running."  So I type '/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S17alsa start' to start it up.

7.  When I installed Mandrake 9.0 I installed "everything under the sun"
so that I would make sure that I had all the libs and alsa stuff.  Could I
have  installed a few things that are conflicting with ALSA?

8.  'mythfrontend' works fine (except the "watch TV" option).  If I run
'muthtv' my system will reboot itself instantly even if I use "failsafe"
as the windows manager.

9.  Is there anything else that would be helpful here?  What other info
can I provide to help debug the problem?

Thanks for everyone's help!

Jeremy


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>> I was just saying what I did to make it work. And because it
>> seams he has
>> the same problem...as I did I stated what I had to do to make work.
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>> But hey, I'm really happy that it worked for you the first shot!  :-P
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> No, I understand.  Just wanted to make sure that we start with the
> simpler things first.  I'm hoping that we get a resolution on this and
> determine if this is a one-off problem, or a general case.  If it's a
> general case then I can get it into the docs.  If it's
> one-off, then at least that's one more happy customer.
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