[PlanetCCRMA] Alsa Problem: loaded, not happening

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

>     I was using the previous version of Alsa happily for a good long
> time,

Which version was that, and from where?

> but then I upgraded.
> 
>     Redhat 9, updates only from the repos we all know and love
>     - alsa-driver-0.9.3a-fr2
>     - alsa-lib-0.9.3-fr2
>     - alsa-utils-0.9.3-fr2
>     - kernel-module-alsa-0.9.3a-fr2_2.4.20_13.9
>     - alsaconf-0.4.3b-1
>     - Soundcard is an SBLive (no frills, not new, working for years)

Hmmm, those are the Freshrpms.net packages, not the Planet CCRMA ones.
Maybe you could also ask in the freshrpms list, just in case. 

>     I've both loaded them from binaries, and this latest attempt is
> working from a source RPM that I built to see if it'd help.  I first
> tried the /etc/modules.conf setup that worked with the previous version,
> then I let AlsaConf do it for me...they both produced the same result,
> anyway.
> 
>     So while I've GOT it, anything requiring ALSA simply doesn't
> function.

If you have not looked at the ALSA configuration instructions at the
Planet CCRMA web pages please do so. 

Do the modules load?
What does "cat /proc/asound" show?
What is the content of your current /etc/modules.conf?

>     And yes, I've tried just modprobing emu10k1, but that has no effect,
> either.  Any ideas?

emu10k1 is the OSS driver, not the alsa driver. 
-- Fernando