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I am running Knoppix and cannot figure out how to put in a sound peripheral. I have sound on my motherboard and Knoppix detects it, but it comes up with several errors. I don't know why this is. Could someone assist me?
Here's what I get when I do lspci
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8753 [P4X266 AGP] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Communication controller: Intel Corp. 536EP Data Fax Modem
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE ( rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Control ler (rev 50)
Here's the modprobe for what my drivers should bemodprobe via82cxxx_audio
/lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o: create_module: Operation not permitted
/lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs/kernel/drivers/sound/sound.o: insmod via82cxxx_audio failed
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