2.6.16.13 and ALSA questions.

hsimah · 05-04-2006, 04:23 AM

I just upgraded my kernel from 2.6.13 to the latest, 2.6.16.13. I compiled ALSA as built in, I had it as modules before. However, now at startup I get an error saying three OSS modules cannot be loaded. I know that's because they aren't modules anymore, but I don't know how to stop them trying to be loaded.

/etc/modprobe.conf is empty (I removed the alsaconf stuff in there).

Also, I am still using 2.4.31 kernel headers (from pkgtool) and 2.6.13 modules (also in pkgtool). Should I upgrade these? Or just leave them.

satinet · 05-04-2006, 06:00 AM

yes i know what you mean. one of them you can't even compile as a module if you wanted to....

anyway, you can blacklist the module, but just ignore it as it still works....

yes you should upgrade your kernel headers. how do they help your new kernel???

hsimah · 05-04-2006, 06:28 AM

lol, I thought that, but on BitBender on the Slackware install guide (I read it a long time ago) it says not to upgrade headers from the default ones. Dunno why, but it does.

Where do I get the new header and module packages from? slackware.it is still on 2.6.15 versions!

satinet · 05-04-2006, 07:19 AM

if you've made the kernel yourself then you don't need to worry about it.

but if you are using an offical slackware kernel you'll need the proper headers for alsa to work.......

hsimah · 05-04-2006, 07:45 AM

Oh, its my own kernel. The first thing is recompile my own kernel. Does that mean I can remove the kernel-headers package?

And what about the kernel modules? They are still at 2.6.13 version. Do I upgrade them? I know I cannot remove them, as I need the modules.

satinet · 05-04-2006, 08:33 AM

yes you can remove both packages as they are irrelevant.

dont worry about the oss modules warning. i get taht too. you can stop it by putting the oss stuff in your kernel as modules. but there's no real point....

hsimah · 05-04-2006, 09:13 AM

I removed the headers, but when I remove the kernel-modules DRI stops working in gnome, so I popped them back on and it works again.

I wish I knew where those oss things were. I can ignore them, but it looks ugly

satinet · 05-04-2006, 09:17 AM

sounds like you must be using the stock kernel.

did you update lilo /grub for your new kernel?

hsimah · 05-04-2006, 09:57 AM

I use lilo, and when I used make install it says it updated lilo. I use the 2.6.0 kernel guide from the slack forums when compiling.

When I boot it says I am using 2.6.16.13.

Edit. The OSS modules are being modprobed from /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa I just commented them out.