----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivan Uemlianin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: alsa/sound/kernel-modules on thinkpad
> Dear all > > Thanks for all comments. > > I have indeed been running bf24 all this time. I hadn't been updating LILO > during kernel installation. The reason for this omission is that the > dpkg -i dialogs didn't seem to be giving me an option to avoid installing > lilo into the MBR (I have another OS hogging the MBR). I ran through it all > again and found I could install the boot block on the linux partitiondeb > (/dev/hda3). So now uname and I are in agreement, and there is a new set of > error messages: > > > * During dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18_forAlsa.1.0_i386.deb I got this new > depmod error: > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o > There was a problem running depmod. This may be benign, > (You may have versioned symbol names, for instance). > Or this could be an error. In any case, since depmod is > run at install time, we could just defer running depmod > Would you like to abort now? [Yes] no > > > * During the following reboot a lot of 'couldn't locate module X' messages > scrolled past, and after logging on lsmod brought me: > > debian:~# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > debian:~# > > I should have (at least?) one module, as I configured sound support to be > modular. I decided to mess about with modprobe (the four modules I probe > are taken from the alsa-project doc page for my sound card): > > debian:~# modprobe snd-intel8x0 > /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o: unresolved symbol > snd_mpu401_uart_new_R606a10b8 > /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o: insmod snd-intel8x0 failed > debian:~# modprobe snd-pcm-oss > debian:~# modprobe snd-mixer-oss > debian:~# modprobe snd-seq-oss > debian:~# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > snd-seq-oss 23424 0 (unused) > snd-seq-midi-event 2792 0 [snd-seq-oss] > snd-seq 33100 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] > snd-seq-device 3888 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq] > snd-pcm-oss 34656 0 (unused) > snd-pcm 47008 0 [snd-pcm-oss] > snd-timer 9152 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] > snd-mixer-oss 8576 0 [snd-pcm-oss] > snd 23688 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq > snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mixer-oss] > soundcore 3492 2 [snd] > debian:~# > > * Intel 810 + AC97 Audio no longer in boot messages. Interestingly, with > the new kernel, these old sound card messages no longer appear when booting > up: > > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.21, > 10:28:09 Apr 14 2002 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:1f.5 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:1f.3 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:1f.6 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 02:00.1 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 > to 64 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: i810: Intel ICH3 found at IO 0x18c0 and > 0x1c00, IRQ 11 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 > channels. > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: > 0x4144:0x5348 (Analog Devices AD1881A) > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 Unable to map > surround DAC's (or DAC's not present), total channels = 2 > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Modem codec, id: > 0x5349:0x4c27 (Unknown) > Aug 10 20:00:52 debian kernel: i810_audio: timed out waiting for codec 1 > analog ready. > Aug 10 20:00:54 debian lpd[392]: restarted > > > * To get some more info I tried a few alsa commands: > > debian:~# alsactl store > /usr/sbin/alsactl-0.9: save_state:963: No soundcards found... > debian:~# amixer > amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory > debian:~# > > > So I feel I've moved forward: I'm now correctly installing the new kernel > and the alsa error messags have narrowed in scope. The remaining/new issues > are: > > * Not all of the messages that scroll past on bootup are saved in > /var/log/messages - specifically the 'can't locate module' messages. Are > these other messags saved somewhere else? Is it something like stoud > > /var/log/messages and stderr > /some/where/else? Why am I getting a pile of > new 'can't locate module' errors? > > * Where has this unresolved symbols problem with snd-intel8x0.o come from > and why? I've never had that error message before. This might be a good > one to solve. > > * Presumably those intel810 boot messages no longer come up because I've > deselected the i810_audio module in favour of alsa. Also presumably > alsactl's problems finding a card are nothing to do with this, but to do > with the depmod problems with alsa's own snd-intel8x0. Is that the case? > What would happen if I had the built-in module(s) (e.g. intel ICH - any > others?) *as well* as alsa? What about removing alsa altogether and going > with the kernel's built-in modules? (but, that not working was why I went > for alsa in the first place ...). > > As before, all comments welcome. When this is all over, I'll post a > commemorative web-page somewhere. > > Best wishes > > Ivan > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
