Re: Sound no longer works with kernel 2.6.12
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?
>
> Is it perhaps missing in the new kernel?
>
> Find a newer kernel which does have this?
2.4.12 is probably new enough, and actually its the newest we have in
debian until we finalise the packaging of 2.6.13.
Can you try running the following on the command line?
modprobe cs4232
--
Horms
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