Re: ALSA problems after kernel update
On 14 Oct 2007, Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> Sean Zimmermann wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I have a question regarding ALSA and the kernel. I recently updated my
> > Debian system's kernel from 2.6.18.4 to 2.6.22.2. When I began using my
> > new kernel, I noticed that anything that worked with ALSA locked up
> > (mplayer, gnome sound, etc). I used module-assistant to build new alsa
> > modules (from alsa-source) for my new kernel, and after the new package
> > was installed, sound began working again.
> >
> > However, after rebooting, I had the same problem I did before:
> > everything that used alsa had problems. If I ran
> > "/etc/init.d/alsa reload" (or force-reload), then sound worked again.
> > I think the system might be trying to load the old modules at startup.
> > Is there a way to fix this?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sean
> Hi Sean,
> You might try running lsmod both when alsa is working and when it isn't.
> That should answer your question about loading the wrong module. I'm also
> using alsa on a 2.6.22 kernel with no problems and the alsa module came
> with the kernel. I didn't need to compile it. If memory serves me, this has
> been true for some time possibly starting with the change from the 2.4 to
> the 2.6 kernel.
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
There was a thread about this a few weeks ago which may be connected;
udev was not loading snd_pcm_oss. I needed to add it to /etc/modules,
after which sound started working again.
Anthony
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