[Pkg-alsa-devel] Tip: Debian(Sarge)/ALSA snd-cmipci

[R. Steetskamp]

Hi there,

Thanks for providing us with Debian and ALSA!

Just to let you know how I got ALSA working with my CMI8738 on Debian=
 Sarge.

ALSA reportd: cmipci-failed failed
dmsg reported: C-Media PCI soundcard not found or device busy

The solution is unexpected but simple: ALSA seems to need /dev/sound,=
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while Debian provides /dev/snd.
So:
    su -
    cd /dev
    ln -s snd sound

Then it turned out I needed /dev/sound/mixer as wel, so also:
    cd /dev/snd
    ln -s /dev/mixer .

And that took care of it.

I couldn't find this anywhere with Google or in the "known bugs" list=
s=20
and I don't know if this is a problem for ALSA or for Debian, so I ho=
pe=20
you don't mind my crosspost.

I hope this is helpful to anyone.

Thanks,
Ren=E9