Hi Praedor,
I've been playing with the sound card on my Sony VAIO and had problems when Alsa would load and try to load non-existent modules. Sound would load properly but alsa would be the one that would make it puke. I'd suggest pulling the original kernel source from kernel.org (or some mirror) and go with that. I too played with 2.4.17.7 and just gave up on these Mandrake modularised kernels. Roll your own and build what you need to probably as modules so /etc/init.d/sound can load them appropriately. Hope that helps, -Charlie Praedor Tempus said: > Hmpf...kernel-2.4.8 that is the default for MD 8.1 has an esssolo1.o.gz > file in its sound modules directory. I thought the Mandrake kernels > were adding alsa directly instead of as an addon package? That said, > alsa does NOT produce such a module - it produces snd-es1938 which is > what the card gets ID'd as (ESS Solo1 - ES1938) by kudzu. > In any case, there is no sound mixer to go with it. I unloaded the > es1938 > module and insmoded the esssolo1 module. It went in fine as did the > es1938 before - still no sound, no sound mixer, nothing. I have never > actually had any Mandrake default install get my soundcard working. I > have always had to rebuild the kernel and either build the solo driver > into the kernel or build the alsa drivers and install/use those. For > whatever reason, the binary kernels installed from the installation > CDs can't deal with this card. > > I still don't have sound. I am in the midst of building > kernel-2.4.17.8, the replacement for the broken 17.6 and 17.7 kernels, > I presume, since neither of the former are any longer available. I > got the 17.8 kernel directly from Mandrake. I hope THIS one will work > with my pcmcia network card and sound card... > > praedor > > On Wednesday 23 January 2002 02:10 pm, Bill Witherspoon wrote: >> If you're sure its an essolo1 then the correct driver is: >> esssolo1 (It works fine for me) >> >> 'insmod esssolo1' should do it. Not currently on my >> Mandrake box so I can't verify. >> >> Add to your rc.local to get it to install at boot. >> >> HTH, >> Bill. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Praedor Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Mandrake Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:26 PM >> Subject: [expert] Sound...what does it take? >> >> > I am pulling my hair out trying to get my damn sound working. I >> >> have an IBM >> >> > Thinkpad with an ESS Solo1 soundcard. The default 2.4.8 kernel in >> >> Mandrake >> >> > 8.1 can't make it work. It loads the correct modules (snd-es1938, >> >> for >> >> > instance) but it doesn't DO anything. Instead, my /var/log/messages >> >> file >> >> > fills up with: >> > >> > Jan 23 13:09:06 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-0 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-2 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-3 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-4 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-5 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-6 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module >> >> snd-card-7 >> >> > Jan 23 13:09:10 localhost last message repeated 3 times >> > >> > I tried building the VERY broken (it turns out - and it is no longer >> > available in the 17.6 or 17.7 form from rpmfind) Cooker >> > kernel-2.4.17.7-1-1mdk and besides a slew of other problems, it too >> >> couldn't >> >> > get my soundcard to work. I have tried downloading the alsa source >> >> and >> >> > building/installing it separately with and without rebuilding my >> >> kernel. I >> >> > have tried building the 2.4.17 kernel 8 times, each with a different >> >> and >> >> > desperate change in the sound settings...to no avail EVER. All I >> >> ever get is >> >> > the loaded /var/log/messages. The card is also properly identified >> >> but there >> >> > is no valid mixer for it - starting the kde sound mixer merely shows >> >> a >> >> > blank/empty window with "No valid mixer for Solo1" in it. When I >> >> rebuilt the >> >> > 2.4.17 kernel and alsa separately, I got farther in that the sound >> >> mixer >> >> > actually had slider bars but they didn't do squat (see the >> > /var/log/messages). What does it take to get a Solo1 soundcard to >> >> work? I >> >> > had it working GREAT with 2.4.13...I may have to hunt that kernel >> >> down and go >> >> > that way since no other Mandrake kernel seems capable of dealing >> >> with this >> >> > card. >> > >> > Anyone have any words of wisdom for me? >> > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________ >> > Do You Yahoo!? >> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---------- >> >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE
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