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I use Mandriva linux 2006 on 2.6.12 kernel. My sound card was detected and had been working for the past few weeks. But today, wen I booted up, it failed for no reason.
I complied a new kernel ( 2.6.16) and wen I booted using that kernel to my mandriva, the sound is working.
How can I restore the sound of the previous kernel. What could be the problem???
I use Mandriva linux 2006 on 2.6.12 kernel. My sound card was detected and had been working for the past few weeks. But today, wen I booted up, it failed for no reason.
ok.
probably your kernel is not loading the module for it.
boot into the new kernel, check which module your sound card is using (#lsmod)
reboot to old kernel and insert the module into kernel
#insmod <module name without '.o'>
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