modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1

[GrahamB]

Hi All!

I am having problems getting sound out of my SB Live. This error appears now. Can you help me solve it?

[root@merlin root]# cat /var/log/messages | grep modprobe
Mar 4 20:22:12 merlin modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1
Mar 4 20:22:12 merlin modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_2
Mar 4 20:22:12 merlin modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_3

I get the error on startup and by running /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound.

Thanks
GrahamB

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PS: This is what my /etc/modprobe.conf looks like:

# Ethernet
alias eth0 8139too

# USB
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd

# From the alsa.org site, for emu10k1:

# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
# module options should go here
# options snd-emu10k1 mpu_port=0x330 index=0
# options snd-rawmidi midi_map=0

# OSS/Free portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore

# card 1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

# SB Live install/remove coding
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1
# post-install snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
# pre-remove snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.8 ---
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

[Unkemptwolf]

What kind of SB Live! is it? I have a SB Live! 24-bit but it doesn't use the emu10k1 drivers like the rest of the Live! family does. I haven't really had much success getting it to work either. I found a couple of posts on here, but none of them fixed my problem.

On a related note: I keep seeing references to the "modprobe" command, but when I type in "modprobe" in a command line, I get a "command not found" error. Am I missing something here?

[imdeemvp]

On a related note: I keep seeing references to the "modprobe" command, but when I type in "modprobe" in a command line, I get a "command not found" error. Am I missing something here?

if you pay attention to his post you will see this line:

remove snd-emu10k1 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-emu10k1

which tells how the command is being issue.

Now about your sound problem were you able to test your sound after the installation? I am not sure if this will help you: http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/old_page/

[GrahamB]

Hi Unkemptwolf!

I believe that my sound card is SB Live 5.1. It appears to belong to the 24 bit familly.

This from the Creative Labs product information:

The Sound Blaster® Live!™ brings cinema-quality sound to your movies, music, and games with digital 5.1 clarity. Driven by the powerful EMU10K1™ Digital Signal Processor, you will experience the highest quality sound reproduction with real-time audio and effects. The Sound Blaster Live! includes Creative PlayCenter™ with a full 320kbps encoder and 9X MP3 acceleration, etc...............

Regards
GrahamB