[mythtv-users] help installing sound card

[Sateesh Mandava]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 12:36:59PM -0500, Larry Roberts wrote:
> Looking for a little guidance on what I need to do to install a sound card.
> 
> PC didn't originally have a sound card as I was running sound out via a
> PVR-350. Myth works fine, however I want to be able to play local
> audio,etc so I added a card I had laying around.
> 
> 
> Fedora Core 4 on a poweredge 1300. Card is a ENsoniq Soundscape.
> 
> My card is detected. However I don't have a clue on how to add/configure
> it under linux. FC4 doesn't autodetect it so I'm having to go the manual
> install route.
> 
> from dmesg:
> isapnp: Card 'ENSONIQ SoundscapeVIVO'
> isapnp: 1 Plug & Play card detected total
> 
> I'm guessing I need to get the settings added to modprobe.conf, but I
> don't know what settings to add or what the values are.
> 
> I followed what I thought was the correct setup here:
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Ensoniq&card=Soundscape.&chip=&module=sscape#Inst
> 
> FC4 doesn't detect my sound card, and if I try to do aplay I get:
> 
> 
> ALSA lib conf.c:1592:(snd_config_load1) _toplevel_:51:23:No such file or
> directory
> ALSA lib conf.c:2837:(snd_config_hook_load)
> /usr/share/alsa/cards/aliases.conf may be old or corrupted: consider to
> remove or fix it
> ALSA lib conf.c:2700:(snd_config_hooks_call) function
> snd_config_hook_load returned error: No such file or directory
> ALSA lib pcm.c:1969:(snd_pcm_open_conf) Invalid type for PCM default
> definition (id: default, value: cards.pcm.default)
> aplay: main:542: audio open error: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> Anyone have any good pointers or helpful hints?
> 
> 
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Have you tried using the script "alsaconf"? This script tries to identfy the card and
relevant drivers.

This script is part of alsa-utils debian package. I think there will be
an equivalnt rpm for this package.

Hope this helps..