Re: ALSA sound gone since kernel update

[John van Spaandonk <j.spaandonk@chello.nl>]

Funny, I see this reply in the mailing list before 
my own mail appear.

Thanks for the quick help.
We're a great community!

John

On Tuesday 14 December 2004 21:51, Thomas Hood wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:30:12 +0100, John van Spaandonk wrote:
> > I used apt-get install (sid) to update the kernel to the
> > newest 2.4.27-1-686-smp
> >
> > Now the ALSA modules do not load anymore.
> > update-modules says
> >
> > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols
> > in /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-686-smp/updates/alsa/snd-mpu401.o
> > for lots of snd-* alsa modules.
>
> This problem has already been reported as a bug
>
>     http://bugs.debian.org/284356
>
> > I guess that I also need a new alsa-modules package with the new kernel,
> > however this is not on the server yet (waited a few days before
> > complaining here)
>
> The fault lies with the kernel-image package: its symbol version suffixes
> changed from one Debian revision to the next, which should not happen.
> (This breaks most modules compiled for that kernel image.)
>
> > I would like to try to install the previous kernel but have deleted
> > it while cleaning up the local package cache :-(
> >
> > Do you agree to this analysis?
> > If yes, can somebody point me to a previous 2.4 kernel package/
> > Will the alsa-modules be upgraded too?
>
> Either alsa-modules* will be upgraded or new kernel-image-2.4.27 packages
> will be released that contains kernels with the old symbol version
> suffixes.
>
> In the meantime you can build your own alsa-modules package from the
> sources shipped in the alsa-source package using the make-kpkg utility
> (provided in the kernel-package package).
>
> --
> Thomas Hood