Q: Can't load snd-ca0106 module WHILE IT's RIGHT THERE
 

hi, i have a creative audigy ls soundcard
i just compiled, made & installed alsa-1.0.8 drivers libs and utils

when i in the end try modprobe snd-ca0106 (like said in the instructions on building a ca0106 module on the alsa-project site)

it says so i looked for it and found it

you see it's in both /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106
and /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/kernel/sound/pci/ca0106 (i copied it manually to this folder, thought that was the problem)

but even when i try to modprobe that exact file (snd-ca0106.ko) it gives the same error !!!

how could this be ?? i really don't have a clue

(if you don't kwon either please say so, it's really frustrating when No one answers your post, so you think no one cares)


please help, i really don't want to throw this great card away just because i can't get it working (in linux)

It appears to me that none of the code you have posted reveals the presence of a file named "snd_ca0106.ko".
You do have files named "ca0106" without the prefix "snd_" or the suffix ".ko" but this is not a game of horseshoes ---
close doesn't count.

I get a similar error the only difference is when i install.

[root@justin alsa-driver-1.0.18a]# make install
if [ -L /usr/include/sound ]; then \
rm -f /usr/include/sound; \
ln -sf /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.18a/include/sound /usr/include/sound; \
else \
rm -rf /usr/include/sound; \
install -d -m 755 -g root -o root /usr/include/sound; \
for f in include/sound/*.h; do \
install -m 644 -g root -o root $f /usr/include/sound; \
done \
fi
find /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound -name 'snd*.*o' | xargs rm -f
find /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound -name 'snd*.*o.gz' | xargs rm -f
find /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound -name 'ac97_bus.*o' | xargs rm -f
find /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound -name 'ac97_bus.*o.gz' | xargs rm -f
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.18a/acore'
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound/acore
cp snd-page-alloc.ko snd-pcm.ko snd-rawmidi.ko snd-timer.ko snd.ko /lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/kernel/sound/acore
cp: cannot stat `snd-page-alloc.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-pcm.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-rawmidi.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-timer.ko': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [modules_install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.18a/acore'
make: *** [install-modules] Error 1

Any ideas?

Thanks Justin