alsaconf problem puppy 2.12(SOLVED - needed manual modprobe)

[paulh177]

having a problem with alsaconf.
it reports "no supported PnP or PCI card found". Probing ISA doesn't find anything either.
i think the following is relevant:
in /tmp/xerrs.log I get

Error in startup script:
Either /dev/mixer isn't there, or I can't access it.
If the latter is the case, chmod 666 /dev/mixer

while executing
"exec sh -c ($volcommand)"
(procedure "getvolume" line 3)
invoked from within
"getvolume "
invoked from within
"set gain [ getvolume ]"
(file "/usr/sbin/mini-volume.tcl" line 160)
xtmix: Error opening mixer device /dev/mixer
FATAL: /dev/mixer probably does not exist or has no r/w permissions

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Laptop is Acer 5612wlmi, 80GB IDE, 1024MB RAM, Intel945 WXGA shared, Intel 3945 WLAN, T2300 1.66GHz Core Duo, RealTek HiDefAudio
I'm booting puppy 2.12 from usb flash stick

What else should I check?
thanks in advance

[paulh177]

new info:

I've tried chmod 666 /dev/mixer and that changed nothing
I also tried boting puppy 2.02 off cd (pfix=ram no pcmcia) and running the alsa wizard and it finds the card fine (althogh the volume is v .low) so "something" has changed between 2.02 and 2.12?

[rcrsn51]

Did you copy the driver file zdrv_212.sfs onto your flash drive?

[paulh177]

not manually but the puppy universal installer seems to have so yes it's there
i also rebooted using 2.12 live cd (boot parms nopcmcia pfix=ram) and same problem,so it may not be related to the fac tthat its a flash usb install ...

[paulh177]

sorry if i'm being bad-mannered but i'm giving this a bump ... feeling a bit stuck as to how to move forward ...

[sml]

Load the module manually .. i think you need snd_hda_intel

#modprobe snd_hda_intel

Then run alsaconf and alsamixer and alsactl store .. etc. Then it should be ok after reboots.

[paulh177]

thank you, that worked perfectly.

paul