Installing new kernel help please.

blither · 12-27-2002, 06:28 PM

it says it cant find that command 'lsmod' how else can i see if it is loaded?

MasterC · 12-27-2002, 07:12 PM

You do have that command, you just have to be root to run it.
su -
root password
lsmod

Cool

blither · 12-27-2002, 07:23 PM

ok it says

Code:

Module                Size    Used by         Not tainted
pcmcia_core          40896      0
ide-scsi              7456      0
sis900               11972      1

i dont see the sound thing in there it should be sis7012
how can i add this?

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 02:16 AM

modprobe sis7012

This should probe all the necessary modules for the soundcard as well (such as soundcore).

Cool

blither · 12-28-2002, 11:57 AM

this is what the modprobe sis7012 returned

Code:

/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/sis7012.o: kernel-module version mismatch
        /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/sis7012.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.7-10enterprise
        while this kernel is version 2.4.18.
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/sis7012.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/sis7012.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound/sis7012.o: insmod sis7012 failed

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 12:36 PM

What kernel are you using? And what directories exist in /lib/modules?

Basically way up there I can't tell if you actually are booting to the "new kernel" which should be 2.4.20 if you downloaded and compiled it; or if you compiled another 2.4.18 kernel. I am also wondering if you correctly added the new kernel to your lilo.conf file and reran lilo.

Could you please explain what you have done up to this point (what drivers you've installed, against what kernel, and so on). And also can you tell me what kernel you are wishing to have, and what /usr/src/linux is symlinked to if anything.

Cool

blither · 12-28-2002, 01:30 PM

I am using 2.4.18. In the directory /lib/modules there is only one folder called 2.4.18. I never did anything with a new kernel because i thought i was just supposed to download the sis7012 drivers and compile them. So i added thoughs modules to the /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound dir, the /usr/src/linux is symilinked to the folder /usr/src/linux-2.4.18.

Heres what i have done so far. I have downloaded the sis7012 drivers from the SiS site. then i followed the readme file and did exactly what it said. And i have been following what you have said to do with the commands and such.

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 02:04 PM

Holy crap that site is slow! I was just trying to get the README file, but I am afraid it's just not wanting to work. I will see if it's just a bad time of day and give it a try a little later.

Once I get that done I will see what I can find out and post back with an idea or 2.

Cool

blither · 12-28-2002, 02:10 PM

here is the read me file

SiS 7012 Linux Driver Install Documentation

**Before install this driver, you should make sure that your kernel had
enable "sound card support" !
(the option of "sound" item in building kernel)

This driver is for kernel RedHat kernel 2.4.x. You can install this driver
by useing script "install" or follow steps descributed below:
Note : if there are soundcore.o and ac97_codec.o in your kernel, you can
skip step 3,4,6
(you can use command "insmod soundcore" and "insmod ac97_codec" to
test if there are these two modules)

1> Check that you have kernel-source in /usr/src/x.x.x

2> Change linux_src_directory to correct path in "config.in"

3> Copy soundcore and ac97_codec source to current directory

"make snd_install"

or :

"cp /usr/src/x.x.x/drivers/sound/sound_core.* ./"
"cp /usr/src/x.x.x/drivers/sound/sound_firmware.* ./"
"cp /usr/src/x.x.x/drivers/sound/os.h ./"
"cp /usr/src/x.x.x/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.* ./"

4> Generate soundcore and ac97_codec module

"make soundcore.o"
"make ac97_codec.o"

5> Generate sis7012 driver module

"make"

6> Copy soundcore.o , ac97_codec.o to module directory

"cp soundcore.o /lib/modules/x.x.x/kernel/drivers/sound
"cp ac97_codec.o /lib/modules/x.x.x/kernel/drivers/sound

7> Copy sis7012.o to module directory

"cp sis7012.o /lib/modules/x.x.x/kernel/drivers/sound

8> Modify the file "/etc/modules.conf". Add two lines into it :

alias sound-slot-0 sis7012

9> Reboot your computer and configurate sis7012.

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 02:18 PM

can you please email the driver? mastercATlinuxquestions.net

Thanks

blither · 12-28-2002, 02:44 PM

I was haveing problems emailing it so here is a link that will not take long to download and i know it works.
sis701-2.4.x.tar

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 02:48 PM

I don't have permissions to access that file on that server it says.

You can upload to my ftp server, I have made a temp user:
ftp://masterc.no-ip.org

username: temp
pass: temp

Cool

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 02:48 PM

Ahh, just got it, it's working now.

Cool

MasterC · 12-28-2002, 03:00 PM

Ok. I just got it working. Here's what I did:

Untarred the file:
tar xvf sis{TAB}

Then cd'd to the new directory:
cd sis{TAB}

And finally read the Readme:
less Readme

And ran make:
make

And copied the sis7012.o to my /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/sound
directory.

Rebooted, modprobed:
modprobe sis7012

And it worked.

I am wondering if you missed the "make" portion.

Cool

blither · 12-28-2002, 03:12 PM

I have my sis7012.o file in /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/sound directory I dont and when I do the modprobe sis7012 it gives me that thing I showed earlyer, and I ran the make files just how the readme file said.

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