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Distribution: slackware 12.0, Vector Linux STD 6.0 and 5.8, ZenWalk 4.6.1, OpenBSD 3.9
Posts: 389
Rep:
no pci / soundcard found at boot time
hi group just wanted to ask some help; here is the situation:
1. installed Zw4.6.1 --at boot time: message shows " NO PCI / SOUND CARD FOUND" (after a fresh install)
2. included my win partitions during installation --BUT cannot access them
BUT when i did this commands :
Quote:
> mount command :
/dev/sdb2 on / reiserfs (rw, noatime)
proc on /proc
sysfs on /sys
PLUS i can see something like /etc/rc.d/rc.modules etc. etc. no such file or directory.. (quite too long) and i cant copy the text file since i cant use my win partitions .. as far as i could remember sound is included in the message.. something like /lib/sound **
It looks like a pci audio card indead.
I don't understad why it wasn't detected ...
Did you try :
- upgrading alsa (if an upgrade is available)
- running (as root) : /usr/sbin/alsaconf
as it was detected on ZW before my guess is a problem either on alsa (but why now? can you check the version on working packages(ZW4.4)) or kernel (maybe a broken driver in new kernel)
Did you try :
- upgrading alsa (if an upgrade is available)
- running (as root) : /usr/sbin/alsaconf
as it was detected on ZW before my guess is a problem either on alsa (but why now? can you check the version on working packages(ZW4.4)) or kernel (maybe a broken driver in new kernel)
-- i tried alsaconf -- but an error is displayed (il check it again)
-- /usr/sbin/alsaconf -- not yet tried...
Same here - ZW 4.6.1 doesn't recognize my soundcard or my ethernet card (both onboard). This is on the same machine that ZW 4.4 runs happily out of the box...
Did the newer kernel drop the support for some hardware?
Ah well, I'll stay with 4.4 for now and wait for Slack 12...
As far as i know ZW didn't drop any of those support in 4.6.1 kernel (2.6.21.3).
However it's possible kernel devs broke some stuffs, or some other packages (like udev) brought the problem.
Distribution: slackware 12.0, Vector Linux STD 6.0 and 5.8, ZenWalk 4.6.1, OpenBSD 3.9
Posts: 389
Original Poster
Rep:
sir.. no compile done il post the output of my "uname -a" here. . .
i really do not have the idea what's going on.. as i posted.. the md5sum are the same. . . i installed it twice BUT same problem arises... PLUS when i click the GUI (icon) of my volume.. the controls does not shows.. only the rectangular interface
Distribution: slackware 12.0, Vector Linux STD 6.0 and 5.8, ZenWalk 4.6.1, OpenBSD 3.9
Posts: 389
Original Poster
Rep:
i did a reinstall again BUT with XFS as the fs type.. as the packages are being installed I REALLY saw the kernel 2.6.21.3
BUT when it booted i saw this :
(last lines of the message before the NO PCI/SOUNDCARD found appears)
> Updating modules dependencies for linux 2.6.18.6
warning : :/lib/modules/2.6.18.6/modules.dep no such file or directory
fatal : :/lib/modules/2.6.18.6/modules.dep.tmp cannot write
THEN as per doing "uname -a"
its linux 2.6.18.6
UPDATE :
tried installing VL 5.8 SOHO in the /dev/hdc2 partition (where my curent Zw is installed ) hmm i think my partition hs a problem.. though it was installed (VL) the soundcard was not also detected.. AND AS I checked the kernel version.. it was : linux 2.6.18.6
if that is the case i have 2 options in mind :
1. erase the current partition (hdc2) --using cfidisk.. then make another logical partition again.. (since i have 14G of free logical partition)
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