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Re: Sound card problem



Not enough info in your question, and the list you should post to
(!after! reading README in kernel source dir, and kernel howto, and
man make-kpkg after installing kernel-package) is 
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:19:27 +0600
"chanka perera" <chanka@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> The sound modules was not there and I tried to compile the kernel my
> Menuconfig or xconfig didn't work because of the error,
> 
> Make: *** No rules to make target '/Rules.make' Stop.
> 
> Then I compile it fome the console mood now the .config file is there
> but when I typed 
> 
> #make deb 
> make: *** No rules to make target 'deb' Stop
> 
> Why is that is it somting wrong with the make ?
> 
> Chanka perera
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-admin@lklug.pdn.ac.lk
> [mailto:members-admin@lklug.pdn.ac.lk] On Behalf Of Dhammika Pathirana
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:13 AM
> To: chanka perera
> Cc: members@lklug.pdn.ac.lk
> Subject: Re: Sound card problem
> 
> 
> chanka perera wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > In my Debian woody box sound card is not working I'm having creative 
> > vibra 128 card #sndconfig says Sound module not found you don't seems 
> > to be running a kernel with modular sound enable (soundcore.o was not
> > found) and it's supported with Linux 2.2 but It's impossible because
> > it's woody ;)
> > 
> > In KDE it gives an error at startup
> > Error while initializing sound drivers
> > Device /dev/dsp can't be open (permision denied) even in root I
> > changed #chmod 777 /dev/dsp after that it says (can't open no such
> > device)
> > 
> > In /dev there are 3 dsp files it might be the problem (its not 
> > selected the correct dsp file) but what the config file for sound 
> > cards?
> > 
> > Please tell me how to config my sound card
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> First less /proc/modules and see whether the sound modules are loaded. 
> In your case I think it's emu10k.. something. soundcore should also be 
> loaded. If modules are not loaded check whether they have been compiled.
> 
> ls /lib/modules/kernel_version/kernel/drivers/sound/
> 
> If the modules are there just insmod module_name, make sure that module 
> dependencies are not broken. Meaning that modules are installed 
> according to their dependencies. U'd find the dependencies in 
> /lib/modules/kernel_version/modules.dep
> 
> Now if u've come this far then cat some_file > /dev/dsp, if everything 
> is fine then u'd hear some sound.
> 
> Else u'd have to recompile the kernel with the sound support, it's not 
> really difficult, but make sure that you don't make install the kernel.
> First try to get the sound driver built into the kernel, this would make
> 
> it much easier to debug, once it's working u can build the driver as a 
> module. I assume that u'r famillier with recompiling the kernel, and if 
> u'r not just google, u'd find lots of howtos on it.
> 
> If you didn't get it working pls reply with the dmesg (kernel bootup 
> messages)
> 
> dhammika
> 
> 
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