On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 11:11:53AM +0200, Theo Schmidt wrote: > I've updated my kernel from an old 2.4.20 kernel originally installed by > Knoppix 3.2 to the 2.6.12-1-686 debian kernel installed by synaptic (debian > testing) and adjusting lilo.conf by hand. Now my sound no longer works > (/dev/dsp can't be opened). Using modconf on both kernels I see the same > modules switched on: soundcore, sound, uart401, and ad1848. The 2.4 kernel > also uses cs4232. With the 2.6 kernel, I can't switch this on: first there is > a window asking for "Kommandozeilen Argumente", and then, having no idea what > to put in there, an error message saying that the module can't be activated. > > I suppose this could be the error, as the sound card is an onboard Crystal > CS4232. > > I know a bit about Linux but almost nothing about kernels, having only once > before replaced one (and found this difficult) and never compiled one, so I'm > a kernel newbie. Much of the documentation on kernels is above my head. > > Can somebody tell me in simple terms what I might do: > > How to install the driver cs4232?
have you alsa installed? (alsa-base, alsa-utils) > Is it perhaps missing in the new kernel? > > Find a newer kernel which does have this? > > By the way, the reason I updated kernels at all was that the old one could > not > mount USB devices with pmount. try alsaconf as root. previous mentined 2.4 kernel is a security nightmare. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
