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Re: Sound on Diamond Sonic Impact, searching for a appropiate module



Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> > Sound refuses to work although adding user rland to group audio
> 
> You shoudl start, first, to see if you can get things working as
> root.  Then, at least, you know it's not a permissions problem.  I
> normally do not advocate doing things as root, but attempting to get
> hardware working is one case where you need to do so.
> 
> > Does lsmod help tp clarify:
> > MINI:/home/rland# lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> 
> > sound                  57592   0  (unused)
> > soundlow                 416   0  [sound]
> > soundcore               2628   3  [sound]
> 
> This suggests you have the basic pieces -- the "hooks" -- for sound
> loaded, but not the driver for your card.  You probably need to go
> and look under /lib/modules/[kernelvers]/sound and find the drivers
> for your card.  Then use insmod to insert the relevant modules; then
> see if you have sound.  If yes, then that's the problem.


Ok, it seems that although the Deb2.2 installation routine (on a clean
disk) did not compile any OSS sound module. Looking in
/lib/modules/2.2.17/ did not help, no file with a "OSS" in it.
What is "soundlow" and "soundcore" used for?

Debian provides the tool  "xviddetect"  (is this a 2.2.17 related
function or one written by the debian developers?) which gave out:

MINI:~# xviddetect
Sorry, I wasn't able to determine a driver for your video card. This
script
only detects PCI and some SBUS devices. If you know, or figure out,
which X 
driver to use, please submit a *wishlist* bug against this package
with the 
appropriate info. Please see http://bugs.debian.org/ for information
about
submitting bugs.

I will now display a list of PCI devices I found on your computer.
Please
send the line associated with your video device if you do find a
driver.

80867190|i386|Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
80867191|i386|Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
80867110|i386|Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ISA
80867111|i386|Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 IDE
80867112|i386|Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 USB
80867113|i386|Intel Corporation|82371
AB PIIX4 ACPI
12eb0001|i386|Aureal Semiconductor|Vortex 1
10ec8139|i386|Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.|8139
10025246|i386|ATI Technologies Inc|Rage 128 GL AGP 1x/2x
MINI:~# 


So I guess I have to recompile a module for Aureal/Vortex? 

Just having a look at the new system pertubed me - there is no
/usr/src/linux directory!
Just a /usr/src/redhat dir with several subdirs, but I guess the
package enabling to use rehat rpms made that one. 
Anyone with the same experience and how can I compile a new kernel
without the src's?



Hoping for help



Robert




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