modprobing kernel doesn't work for SuSE 9.0

bladepdx · 05-26-2004, 10:41 PM

Ok. I instlled SuSE 9.0 a few days ago. I got eveyrthing working except for my sound card. I've got onbard sound, but I use a Creative Labs Audigy LS. I downloaded the alsa drivers and everything for it, got them untarred, but when I go to modprobe them, it doesn't work. This is what it returns with.

Code:

/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21-144-default/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.o: insmod snd-emu10k1 failed

I searched through the forums and found several cases similar to mine, but never quite the same, so the solutions wouldn't work for me. Thanks in advance.

adz · 05-27-2004, 01:03 AM

Did you install ALSA from source? If so post the setps you took to do it.

bladepdx · 05-27-2004, 08:11 PM

All I did was follow the instructions at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...module=emu10k1.

adz · 05-27-2004, 08:24 PM

Did you edit your modules.conf (for 2.4 kernels) or your modprobe.conf (for 2.6 kernels)? Also, what version of gcc are you using? Do a gcc --version to find out. Tell me also what version of gcc was used to compile your kernel. Do a cat /proc/version to find that out.

bladepdx · 05-27-2004, 10:39 PM

OK. I actually got the sound working by using ./alsaconf (onboard card, not my audigy, which is what I would like), but my modprobe problem still isn't solved. gcc comes back with "gcc: unrecognized option '-version'." the "cat /proc/version returns, "Linux version 2.4.21-144-default (root@i386.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)) #1 Fri Nov 14 00:01:36 UTC 2003."

adz · 05-27-2004, 11:34 PM

It's a double dash. It's "--version" not "-version".

Could you also post the output of lsmod and lspci?

bladepdx · 05-29-2004, 08:11 PM

GCC Version - 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)

lsmod output:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
snd-pcm-oss            45472   0  (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss          13400   0  (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-seq                36656   1  (autoclean)
fglrx                 178312 186
isa-pnp                30664   0  (unused)
usbserial              18620   0  (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc             26248   1  (autoclean)
lp                      6208   0  (autoclean)
parport                22888   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
ipv6                  209952  -1  (autoclean)
key                    63256   0  (autoclean) [ipv6]
snd-via82xx            13600   6
snd-pcm                65092   2  [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]
snd-timer              15040   0  [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         39608   0  [snd-via82xx]
snd-mpu401-uart         3584   0  [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi            14208   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          4048   0  [snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd-page-alloc          6004   0  [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
snd                    35172   4  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3588   0  [snd]
hid                    19972   0  (unused)
st                     27760   0  (autoclean) (unused)
sr_mod                 13432   2  (autoclean)
sg                     32224   0  (autoclean)
keybdev                 1996   0  (unused)
mousedev                4084   1
joydev                  5120   0
evdev                   3584   0
input                   3360   0  [hid keybdev mousedev joydev evdev]
usb-uhci               22224   0  (unused)
usbcore                58668   1  [usbserial hid usb-uhci]
raw1394                16592   0  (unused)
pppoe                   7392   0  (autoclean)
pppox                   1144   1  (autoclean) [pppoe]
ppp_generic            19484   0  (autoclean) [pppoe pppox]
ieee1394              183364   0  [raw1394]
slhc                    4880   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
af_packet              12200   1  (autoclean)
tulip                  41184   1
agpgart                42040  22
ide-scsi               10000   1
scsi_mod               97108   4  [st sr_mod sg ide-scsi]
ide-cd                 29664   0
cdrom                  26752   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
nls_iso8859-1           2812   1  (autoclean)
nls_cp437               4348   1  (autoclean)
vfat                    9900   1  (autoclean)
fat                    30712   0  (autoclean) [vfat]
reiserfs              199476   1

lspci output:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100 (rev 11)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs: Unknown device 0007
00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs: Unknown device 7005
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R200 QL [Radeon 8500 LE]

Thanks.

adz · 05-29-2004, 08:36 PM

You seem to have another set of sound drivers loaded for what I'm guessing is an on board card. Did you intentionally do this? Try removing the first set of drivers and inserting the new set to see if that works.

bladepdx · 05-30-2004, 12:42 AM

Yeah SuSE automatically detected the onboard card, so I installed it for now. I figured I could just install the audigy drivers along side them and disable the onboard card. But I don't know how to remove the drivers.

adz · 05-30-2004, 01:24 AM

Yeah you should be able to install them along side but let's just see if there's a conflict in the set up. To remove any module(s) do an rmmod <module1> <module2>... moduleN as root. See then if you can do the modprobe command on the soundblaster modules.

bladepdx · 05-30-2004, 12:05 PM

I think I may have found a problem in the setup instructions for the card on the alsa website. In the instructions it tells you to configure with the option "--with-cards=emu10k1", but emu10k1 is the wrong chipset for my card. I tried with the audigy chipset, but that doesn't work either. It complains about unknown card "audigy". It seems to work fine with the --with-cards=emu10k1 though. I'll edit this post when I finish installing the modules and tell you how it went.

EDIT: Still no luck. The VIA drivers were not there when I ran lsmod, and I think they only run if i execute alsaconf, which would explain why I have to run it every time I boot up. Also, I just realized that these aren't the drivers for my exact card, but an almost identical card. Could that be causing the problem? The only drivers for an Audigy LS I could find are the proprietary OSS drivers.

adz · 05-30-2004, 09:00 PM

Emu10k1 covers the audigy as well but I think you're right. The LS is unsupported by ALSA as of this date.