snd-intel8x0 can't be found after recompiling 2.4.26(NOT AN AVARAGE ALSA QUESTION!!!)

kornerr · 05-11-2005, 08:54 AM

First, I can get sound working with 2.4.26, but! only using standard 2.4.26 (Slack bare.image). It doesn't work after recompiling. No matter how I try it DOESN'T work. I have no problem with recompiling 2.6.7 - it HAS ALSA option so that I can choose my intel-on-board support. But even when I choose "Intel ICH (i8xx), SiS7012, NVidia nForce Audio or AMD 768/811x" kernel option (in the sound item), then compile 2.4.26, sound doesn't work. It's compiled as module.
Just before logging in it says me: Can't locate snd-intel8x0 module.
This time I've reinstalled Slack on another partition with standard bare.image kernel to grab this snd-intel8x0. Well, I found it there and grabbed it. And placed wherever I could think to, namely:
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/sound/
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/sound/pci
Then I rebooted. Yes, "alsaconf" found it... actually it said that found 4 (!) sound cards. I chose the first, but it doesn't matter which one since there's only one module.
Then KMix shows my sound device as "unknown". Of course, I didn't succeed in running xmms using alsa plug-in (esd doesn't work either). But OSS plug-in works (amazingly a bit). But the quality of OSS is awful.
So the problem is: why after choosing my intel-on-board sound card it can't be found in 2.4.26. Even after copying it to the necessary places. Why only OSS works?
If you know what the hell is going on with 2.4.26... please, Let Me Know.
Thanks.

mrcheeks · 05-11-2005, 11:15 AM

if OSS works you can use it. how did you compile the kernel?it is very strange that the module can't be found.

cd /usr/src/linux-version.
make menuconfig;
make && make modules_install
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-version
ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-version /
pico /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst
lilo (if you use lilo)
reboot

kornerr · 05-11-2005, 12:05 PM

I've compiled a kernel doing the following:
make menuconfig;
make dep;
make bzImage;
make modules;
make modules_install;
and, of course, copying bzImage to /boot + lilo changes.

And what "ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-version /" means? What's the reason of making a link to a kernel from root dir???

kornerr · 05-12-2005, 12:44 PM

I've tried many times to reinstall ALSA...
using slack's "pkgtool", manually
running "ldconfig", "depmod" after every reinstall.

That's what I get during booting:

Code:

Loading ALSA kernel modules.
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz: unresolved symbol gameport_register_port
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz: unresolved symbol gameport_unregister_port
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz failed
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o.gz: insmod snd-intel8x0 failed

"alsaconf" finds "snd-intel8x0" module. But after modifying "/etc/modules.conf" it prints:

Code:

Loading driver...
Loading ALSA mixer settings:  /usr/sbin/alsactl restore
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1134: No soundcards found...
Loading OSS compatibility modules for ALSA.
Setting default volumes...

If I then try to "alsamixer" it prints:

Code:

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

I have compiled all what is in sound item of "menuconfig" as modules.

May be I have no sound device (I can only wonder where it could gone, but...)?
How to check if it exists then?

Can anyone help me?
Thanks.

kornerr · 05-13-2005, 05:31 AM

ALSA now works

I have changed bare.i's ".config" a bit... I excluded the things I know to be really useless for me. But I've left untouched many other options... not in sound item of menuconfig. And it now works! This means that 2.4.x's ALSA depends not only of sound item item of menuconfig, but of some others too.
I'll be compiling over and over again until I know what I exactly need.

kornerr · 06-02-2005, 12:02 PM

I found the problem.
For ALSA to work with intel-sound-on-board on 2.4.x (at least 2.4.26) there must be "gameport" support.
Never thought this can cause a sound problem
(Previously I thought problem was in that I didn't enable PnP support).