soundcore, modules ...

h/w · 10-12-2003, 04:34 PM

hi, its been a very long time that ive been trying to hear any noise/sounds from my laptop.
all i can do is hear audio comin from audio cds and console beeps - very limiting.

as u will see from the profile o mine, its a sis7012. im running the 2.4.22 kernel, and have enabled support for sound and i810. thats it. (should i have enabled support for oss modules?)

then i inserted the i810_audio and ac97 codec modules, and lsmod shows:

Module Size Used by Not tainted
islpci_cb 73540 2
cb_enabler 2960 2 [islpci_cb]
ds 7316 1 [cb_enabler]
i82365 46128 1
pcmcia_core 56128 0 [cb_enabler ds i82365]
i810_audio 28924 0
ac97_codec 13852 0 [i810_audio]
apm 10896 2
keybdev 2116 0 (unused)
usbkbd 3744 0 (unused)
input 3904 0 [keybdev usbkbd]
usb-ohci 24456 0 (unused)
usbcore 70028 0 [usbkbd usb-ohci]

as you can see, no soundcore module - and thats what my question is about.
when i do a sndconfig, it gives an error, a small part of which is "soundcore.o was not found in the module search path".

whats a solution to this?

thanks in advance.

h/w · 10-13-2003, 07:16 PM

any ideas, anyone?

Nechos · 10-13-2003, 07:35 PM

welcome to the club, i'd say...
so, here's how it goes: it's those damn intel 8x0 ac'97 onboard sound cards...if you have ALSA drivers, you should be ok - just run alsamixer and unmute SURROUND (and don't ask why

); if your distro's default drivers are oss, then you'll have to download the appropriate alsa driver, utils and libs tar files and install them - and do the mixer thing again...
you're lucky, really, i hear ONLY damn console beeps...
i have problem no.2 and haven't resolved it...but i'll try again...

h/w · 10-14-2003, 11:41 AM

well yes, i agree with ur "ur lucky u hear more than just console beeps".

again, here are a few things:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
islpci_cb              73540   2 
cb_enabler              2960   2  [islpci_cb]
ds                      7316   1  [cb_enabler]
i82365                 46128   1 
pcmcia_core            56128   0  [cb_enabler ds i82365]
i810_audio             28924   1 
ac97_codec             13852   0  [i810_audio]
apm                    10896   2 
keybdev                 2116   0  (unused)
usbkbd                  3744   0  (unused)
input                   3904   0  [keybdev usbkbd]
usb-ohci               24456   0  (unused)
usbcore                70028   0  [usbkbd usb-ohci]

locate soundcore.o :

Code:

/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o
/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/drivers/sound/soundcore.o

modinfo soundcore:

Code:

modinfo: soundcore: no module by that name found

why is it not picking up soundcore although it is in the /lib/modules/.. dir?

h/w · 10-14-2003, 11:43 AM

ok, my mistake - i just copied it into the kernel im running. yes, pls feel free to kick my ass.

h/w · 10-14-2003, 12:25 PM

when i copy soundcore.o into the /lib/modules, and i try to load it using modprobe, it gives me an error. modinfo souncore reads it fine, but gives a warning that its doesnt do something something with typed commands, and iget no info really from modinfo like "<name>:alan cox" or anything (which i get if i use the soundcore.o from the older 2.4.18 kernel).
and when i try to run/install alsa, akll sounds stop. i cant use aumix or anything as it gives me a "soundslot not found" err. and thge ever persistent "/etc/modules.conf is later than /lib/..../modules.dep"

arrgghhh