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<DIV> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear All,</FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My system which onboard soundchip Rockwell
Semiconductors Audio Controller installed with FC-5 detected no soundcard but
only saying snd-riptide driver is expected. No matter how I have installed the
drivers: alsa-driver-1.0.11 or riptide driver without use. The error
always pointed to no soundcard detected and riptide driver never get installed
successfully.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My questions are always be these:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Have the manufacturer not given the source
code to Linux Kernel development Board(I assumed there is one), support of this
soundcard by Linux Kernel such as FC-5 will never achieve even with
the latest updated kernel driver with build-in sound support in it. Would
this be a case because the development board has not received the source code to
build the driver for it. While if there is no support, what should I do?
Buy a new soundcard like Creative SoundBlaster Live! ? Can I get
around this if not buying another card?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. In (1), however, I have downloaded the
latest alsa-driver alsa-1.0.11.tar and get installed. I met error when
attempting to run: # ./configure and then make install and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the kernel didn't allow me to do with error
pointing to not recognized the <STRONG>make command</STRONG>... and do not point
to the right directory <STRONG>..kernel/build</STRONG> <STRONG>..</STRONG>
so forth.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) Then I gave up (2), and went to
website:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/riptide/install.php?PHPSESSID=94c723d09e695366e7a0c22092698760">http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/riptide/install.php?PHPSESSID=94c723d09e695366e7a0c22092698760</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and downloaded another driver
riptide-0.6lnxtbeta03122800-1.i386.rpm.zip specifically for riptide and get
installed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This time, another error returned I have saved in a
logfile as shown:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U>logfile.log</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux RIPTIDE audio/communication drivers, version
0.6lnxtbeta03122800</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This package does not contain pre-built modules
suitable for your system:<BR> Distribution: Fedora-5<BR> Kernel
arch: i686<BR> Kernel version: linux-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Trying to automatically re-compile the
modules..<BR>(this requires a C compiler and proper kernel sources to be
installed)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ERROR: /lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/build points
to a missing directory</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Jun 10 23:09
/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/build ->
../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5-i686</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please ensure that the kernel-headers or
kernel-source package is installed.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have also printed out another logfile called
assound.log saved by driver installation in the root directory as
shown.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><U>assound.log</U></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>------- System Config Soundcard --------<BR>Mon Jun
19 16:46:28 EST 2006</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>------- lspci --------<BR>00:00.0 Host bridge:
Intel Corporation 82810 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev
02)<BR>00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810 CGC [Chipset
Graphics Controller] (rev 02)<BR>00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AB
PCI Bridge (rev 02)<BR>00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AB ISA Bridge
(LPC) (rev 02)<BR>00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AB IDE (rev
02)<BR>00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AB USB (rev 02)<BR>00:1f.3
SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AB SMBus (rev 02)<BR>01:0e.0 Multimedia audio
controller: Rockwell International Riptide PCI Audio Controller<BR>01:0e.1
Communication controller: Rockwell International Riptide HCF 56k PCI
Modem<BR>01:0e.2 Input device controller: Rockwell International Riptide PCI
Game Controller</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>------- lsmod
--------<BR>Module
Size Used
by<BR>i810
19777 1
<BR>drm
63701 2
i810<BR>ppdev
8645 0
<BR>autofs4
19013 1
<BR>hidp
15937 2
<BR>rfcomm
34517 0
<BR>l2cap
23617 10
hidp,rfcomm<BR>bluetooth
44069 3
hidp,rfcomm,l2cap<BR>sunrpc
136573 1 <BR>ip_conntrack_netbios_ns 3009 0
<BR>ipt_REJECT
5441 1
<BR>xt_state
2241 2
<BR>ip_conntrack
49261 2
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state<BR>nfnetlink
6489 1
ip_conntrack<BR>xt_tcpudp
3265 4
<BR>iptable_filter
3137 1
<BR>ip_tables
11657 1
iptable_filter<BR>x_tables
12613 4
ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables<BR>video
14917 0
<BR>button
6609 0
<BR>battery
9285 0
<BR>ac
4933 0
<BR>ipv6
225569 12
<BR>lp
12297 0
<BR>parport_pc
25445 1
<BR>parport
34313 3
ppdev,lp,parport_pc<BR>floppy
57733 0
<BR>nvram
8393 0
<BR>uhci_hcd
28881 0
<BR>i2c_i810
5317 0
<BR>i2c_algo_bit
8393 1
i2c_i810<BR>hw_random
5849 0
<BR>i2c_i801
8397 0
<BR>i2c_core
20673 2
i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801<BR>dm_snapshot
16237 0
<BR>dm_zero
2241 0
<BR>dm_mirror
19985 0
<BR>dm_mod
50521 6
dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror<BR>ext3
116809 2
<BR>jbd
53077 1 ext3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><BR>------- /etc/asound.conf --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>------- aplay -l --------<BR>aplay: device_list:222: no soundcards
found...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>------- amixer --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>------- /proc/asound/version --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------<BR>alsa-lib-1.0.11-3.rc2.2</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------<BR>alsa-utils-1.0.11-3.rc2</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>------- /proc/asound/modules --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>------- /proc/asound/pcm --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>------- system-config-soundcard --------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wrong card index
0...<BR>/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:217: GtkWarning:
gtk_label_set_label: assertion `str != NULL' failed<BR> self.module_label2
=
gtk.Label(_(self.module))<BR>/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273:
DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox<BR> self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu =
gtk.OptionMenu()<BR>/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308:
GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add
instead<BR> self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus,
self)<BR>/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548:
GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead<BR>
gtk.main()<BR>ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1305:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for
card<BR>aplay: main:547: audio open error: No such device<BR>Read
config:<BR>card 0<BR>device 0<BR>HW 0<BR>----------- Kudzu
-------------<BR>Desc:
Rockwell International Riptide PCI Audio
Controller<BR>Driver:
None<BR>Device: None</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----------- **** -------------<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* what went wrong with the compilation that it
always complainted about "points to a missing directory"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* why error also ocurred when<U> installation
steps</U> have been followed on either rpm package:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Follow this If you have obtained the
driver package in RPM format: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P>1. install the rpm with <FONT
size=3><KBD><STRONG><TT>"rpm -i riptide-{version}.{arch}.rpm"</TT></STRONG></KBD>
</FONT>
<P>2. optionally <FONT size=3>re-run
<KBD><STRONG><TT>"ripconfig"</TT></STRONG></KBD> to complete the installation
(if necessary). </FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Follow this or tar package:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>If you have obtained the driver package in tar format:
<P>1. extract the package with
<KBD><STRONG><TT>"tar -xzf riptide-{version}.tar.gz"</TT></STRONG></KBD>
<P>2. change to the package directory with
<KBD><STRONG><TT>"cd riptide-{version}"</TT></STRONG></KBD>
<P>3. run <KBD><STRONG><TT>"make install"</TT></STRONG></KBD> from the top
of the package directory.
<P>4. run <KBD><STRONG><TT>"ripconfig"</TT></STRONG></KBD> to complete the
installation and configure your board.
<P>(Alternatively to this whole procedure you may generate RPMS from the tar
package using rpm -ta riptide-{version}.tar.gz") <A
name="AFTER INSTALLATION"></A></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, the installation page of <A
href="http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/">http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>seems a promising fix, but it mentions
</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<OL>
<LI>Install devel package for your current kernel , it's the
kernel-devel-xxx.rpm package. You can get it here:<SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR>FC4, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FC5</SPAN> - <A
href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/</A><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><BR>RHEL4</SPAN> - <A
href="http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/">http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/<BR><BR></A>that
I have no idea which exact package needs to be downloaded and install as the
path invokes so many package in:</LI></OL>
<DIV> from <A
href="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/debug/">http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/debug/</A></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe I am quite a newbie and please someone
can help me untangle the mess!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel really headache now as my same system runs
perfectly with sound in Window XP Pro. I don't want</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to kill me enthusiasm. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Claude YU</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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