Did ya check the dumb stuff? That is, make sure the lines aren't muted. Also, have you tried loading the modules by hand. You can use lsmod to see what modules are loaded, and modprode to then load them. There's also an alsa info utility, but I can't remember what it's called.
John Demme On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 14:05 -0400, Chris Papadopoulos wrote: > Hi all, > > After updating from SuSE 9.2 to 9.3 online (via yast, and the update included > a new kernel, 2.6.11), everything seems to work OK, except the sound. > > Using alsaconf gives the exact same behavior as it used to, but after the > setup, when the test sound is supposed to be played, the messages are > what they're supposed to be, but I can't hear anything (although alsamixer > shows normal volume settings). > > After looking at boot.msg, I saw these suspicious lines: > > Symbols match kernel version 2.6.11. > No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. > > Also suspiciously, when I try to configure the sound via yast, the program > hangs. > > I think something with the kernel is not right, any hints about how to fix > it (like a recompile, some boot option, some weird conflicts with the older > kernel)? > > The card is an Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 and > the driver alsaconf loads (or tries to) is intel8x0, but I'm confident that > it > doesn't have any problems, since it works in the same machine under windows > and has been working under linux for a year. > > Thanks in advance > > Chris
