I recently upgraded my kernel on Slackware 10.0 from 2.4.26 to 2.6.9. When I had the 2.4.26 kernel I had sound but with the new kernel I do not. When I startx I get and error that says "device /dev/dsp can't be opened no such file or directory". I have a soundblaster live soundcard. I am using the emu10k1 driver

Things I have tried....
unquoted the /sbin/module quote in the /etc/X11/rc.module file (still no sound)
updated to the latest alsa drivers and libraries via swaret and ran "alsaconf" (alsa did not detect my card)
ran modprobe em10k1 and mobprobe snd-em10k1 (result is always FATAL: module XXXXX not found)

Here is my lsmod list

Module Size Used by
ipv6 223648 -
ehci_hcd 25452 -
usbcore 100772 -
via_rhine 17420 -
mii 3784 -
crc32 3688 -
nvidia 4813812 -
evdev 7168 -
ide_scsi 13676 -
agpgart 27784 -




Help!

Also, my ntfs partition won't mount wherease before it would. I would like to fix that as well but right now sound is more important to me. Thanks for any help you can give me.

hi there,

when you configured your new kernel, did you include the drivers for your sound-chip ?
as modules. ( and did you include ntfs support ).
this because the modules seem to be missing.

egag

if your sound modules are ok and loaded then reinstall alsa. that usually does the trick after kernel recompile.

good luck

Well, i have a kind of problem like this.

I have modules loaded

Module Size Used by
ipv6 236832 -
snd_pcm_oss 48712 -
snd_mixer_oss 17544 -
eth1394 18640 -
ohci1394 31468 -
ieee1394 97464 -
tsdev 5568 -
evdev 7232 -
ds 13452 -
pcmcia_core 53572 -
ntfs 148688 -
ide_scsi 14028 -
scsi_mod 66020 -

I know the modules i need in my sound card for alsa snd_intel8x0 and for oss i810_audio
I installed them as modules. But there is no reaction at all. What can i do? When i Open MMS i plays the MP3s normally but sound from my speakers. It seems like drivers are alright but no sound.

I also have the fatal error agpgart was not found at startup and i dont see anything related to agpgart in .config of my kernel 2.6.9

Can anyone help me with this?

I ran into the same problem
re-compile the kernel, loading only "Sound Card Support" - no other sound options
then: download and recompile alsa-utils, alsa-lib, and alsa-driver