[mythtv-users] ALSA Install Problem - Jarod's Guide

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Sat Nov 15 19:24:03 EST 2003


On Nov 15, 2003, at 14:24, Aleaxander wrote:

> I'm a real newbie (both the MythTV and Linux, but I'm doing my best to 
> learn) trying to setup MythTV using Jarod's Guide, and everything has 
> gone perfectly so far (except for my hardrive dying the last attempt 
> at installing, but I was able to return and exchange it : ), but am 
> having problems with section 9: Get and Install ALSA.  I've done the 
> following:
>
> 1) Disabled aRts.
>
> 2) [root at mythtv mythtv] # apt-get update  
> (Seemd okay, did not get any errors)
>
> 3) [root at mythtv mythtv] # apt-get install alsa-kmdl-$KERNEL
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Package alsa-kmdl is not installed, so not removed
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 14 not upgraded.
> (again seems okay?)

It looks like you didn't have $KERNEL properly set, because the package 
isn't alsa-kmdl, it is alsa-kmdl-2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at.

> 4) [root at mythtv mythtv] # apt-get install alsa-driver alsa-utils
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>     alsa-kmdl-2.4.20-20.9 kernel #2.4.20-20.9 
> strictdep-kernel-kmdl-2.4.20-20.9
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>     alsa-driver alsa-kmdl-2.4.20-20.9 alsa-utilskernel at 2.4.20-20.9
>     strictep-kernel-kmdl-2.4.20-20.9
> 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 removed and 14 not upgraded.
> Need to get 15.4MB of archives.
> After unpacking 39.2MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y    (hit y)
> ...   (gets a bunch of stuff)
> Fetched 15.4MB in 1m36s (160kB/s)
> Executing RPM (-ivh)...
> Preparing...   ################################## [100%]
>     1. Strictdep-kernel-kmdl-2###################### [ 25%]
>     2. alsa-kmdl-2.4.20-20.9  ###################### [ 50%]
>     3. alsa-driver                    ###################### [ 75%]
>     4. alsa-utils                       ###################### [100%]
> E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error code (1)

Since you didn't get the right kmdl up above, apt is attempting to 
solve the problem on its own. Go back and get the right kernel module 
installed (reset that KERNEL variable before doing anymore updating, 
and note that I mention you'll always have to reset it after a reboot).

> (Whew!  That was a lot of typing!!!  I need to set-up an e-mail 
> account on the Linux system so I can just copy and paste...)

Cygwin and/or Putty are your friends if you're on a Windows machine. 
Use them to ssh into your MythTV box, and do all this from there. Then 
you can copy and paste from the Cygwin or Putty window. If you're on a 
Mac OS X machine or another Linux machine, you already have everything 
you need to ssh in, then copy and paste while doing everything on your 
workstation.

> Well, that sounds familar, and probably wrong?  Seems that 
> gnome-alsamixer is not going to install.  Does anyone have any 
> suggestions on how to get around this problem?  I don't want to 
> continue following the guide because I'm worried that this may have 
> some negative impact later on in the install process?

Correct. You have a badly fubar'd alsa right now. Get that right kmdl, 
and you should be back on track.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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