Hi Jamie, I haven't re-compiled the kernel and to my knowledge, I haven't updated the kernel with any update patches. If there was an update to the kernel it would have been from SuSE and I would think it would not break any functionality -- but that is always possible with changes and updates.
Thanks for the info. Another reason to start over and not screw with it. Dave --- Linux Rocks ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave, > I have suse 8.1, I like it (although I dont used it > as much as slack...) Ive > done one or 2 updates since I installed it last > summer, and I havnt had this > problem on this box yet. > I have however had simular problems as suse uses > OSS, which is/was commercial > software, and compiled to only work with the kernel > that is distributed on > the cd, when I compiled my own kernel, OSS modules > failed to work. There is > also ALSA, which I did download and get to work > (this was many years ago... > cant remember the details...). > On my slack box, Ive compiled the CMPCI driver for > my sound (yep, I got > surround sound under linux), but use the original > sound drivers under suse (i > dont wanna mess it up!) which means Stereo, not > Surround on suse. > Your situation is possibly related to a kernel > upgrade. > > Jamie > > On Thursday 06 February 2003 12:22 pm, Dave Wyatt > wrote: > : Anyone using SuSE 8.1? > : > : The reason I ask is because I have found 8.1 to be > : easy to install and it found and *correctly* > installed > : the on-board VIA sound of a Shuttle MV42N > motherboard. > : RedHat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0 and Debian 3.0 (even > Knoppix) > : had no such success. > : > : I discovered this with the SuSE 8.1 Live > Evaluation CD > : so I did a FTP install of SuSE 8.1 (while I still > had > : my cable connection). All went very well and I > have > : had an excellent working system for a couple of > months > : ... until I tried to improve the update system > with > : fou4s (fast online update 4 SuSE). > : > : Since I had to give up my cable connection and > revert > : to dialup I thought this would speed things up, > and it > : did... considerably. > : > : However (there's always a however), after > installing > : fou4s and trying my first update (which failed > because > : the installed versions were not what the updates > : expected??) the sound has quit working. There are > no > : error messages when the sound modules are > installed at > : boot up or at anytime for that matter. Just no > sound. > : I have checked the volume settings and tried a > lot of > : things to get sound but I have not been > successful. It > : appears that alsa, oss and arts are all installed. > : Could one be defeating another resulting in no > sound? > : > : > : Here is part of lsmod: > : > : linux:/home/dave # lsmod > : Module Size Used by Not > tainted > : snd-seq-oss 27296 0 (autoclean) > : snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 (autoclean) > : [snd-seq-oss] > : snd-seq 37776 2 (autoclean) > : [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] > : snd-seq-device 4140 0 (autoclean) > : [snd-seq-oss snd-seq] > : snd-pcm-oss 44928 0 (autoclean) > : snd-mixer-oss 12728 1 (autoclean) > : [snd-pcm-oss] > : isa-pnp 29664 0 (unused) > : snd-via8233 6380 1 > : snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-pcm-oss > : snd-via8233] > : snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq > snd-pcm] > : snd-ac97-codec 26628 0 [snd-via8233] > : snd 31300 0 [snd-seq-oss > : snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device > snd-pcm-oss > : snd-mixer-oss snd-via8233 snd-pcm snd-timer > : snd-ac97-codec] > : soundcore 3396 0 [snd] > : > : I really just want to get the sound working again. > : Any ideas? > : > : I would like to just boot with the live eval CD > just > : to make sure it WILL still work (it does fine in > : windows), but the one I had was on a CD-RW and I > have > : overwritten it. With dialup I have little chance > of > : downloading the live eval ISO again, and > downloading > : the ftp directories for a hard disk install is > : something I can only think about. > : > : Does anyone have the live eval CD or ISO I could > copy? > : > : BTW, I have a spare 6GB hd (I hope that would be > : enough room) to hold the ftp directories if > someone is > : willing to donate the bandwidth and time for such > a > : xfer. I can bring my machine or just the HD if > : someone is willing. I am unemployed right now so > *I* > : have lots of time but no $ or I would just buy the > : SuSE Personal Edition. > : > : TIA, > : Dave > : > : __________________________________________________ > : Do you Yahoo!? > : Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > : http://mailplus.yahoo.com > : _______________________________________________ > : Eug-LUG mailing list > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > -- > Eh, that's it, I guess. No 300 million dollar > unveiling event for this > kernel, I'm afraid, but you're still supposed to > think of this as the > "happening of the century" (at least until the next > kernel comes along). > Oh, and this is another kernel in that great and > venerable "BugFree(tm)" > series of kernels. So be not afraid of bugs, but go > out in the streets > and deliver this message of joy to the masses. > -- Linus Torvalds, on releasing 1.3.27 > > _______________________________________________ > Eug-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
