Help with alsa-driver fm801 chipset

[K.C. Chan]

All I've installed the alsa driver set with out any error. But when I went to load the driver via modprobe snd-card-fm01 I can these errors "/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/misc/snd-card-fm801.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/misc/snd-card-fm801.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-3/misc/snd-card-fm801.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/misc/snd-card-fm801.o: insmod snd-card-fm801 failed"

and in the log file I get:
"Nov 12 18:34:39 testbox2 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-464c
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 05:0d.0
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.3
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.5
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: snd: fm801: AC'97 interface is busy (2)
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: snd: fm801: AC'97 interface is busy (1)
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: snd: The AC'97 access is not valid, removing mixer.
Nov 12 18:43:53 testbox2 kernel: snd: ForteMedia FM801 soundcard #1 not found or device busy". Here's a snip from lspci: "00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 04)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 04)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub (rev 04)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MXR] (rev b2)
02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82806AA PCI64 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 03)
03:00.0 PIC: Intel Corp. 82806AA PCI64 Hub Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (rev 01)
03:0c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device b154
05:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
05:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link)
05:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Fortemedia, Inc Xwave QS3000A [FM801] (rev b2)
05:0d.1 Input device controller: Fortemedia, Inc Xwave QS3000A [FM801 game port] (rev b2)". Does anyone have any idea? Thanks.

[Dave Palica]

I had a similar problem with an ESS Maestro 3 card on Red Hat 8.0. What I found out was that the system was loading a module (maestro3.o) which didn't work. When I compiled ALSA for my card, I got a new module (snd-maestro3). I had to rename the old maestro.o to something else, and modify the /etc/modules.conf to match.

In short, I would check to make sure that the file that is specified in modules.conf is the correct file for the system and that the file actually exists.

Hope this helps.

- Dave -