alsa just broke

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Schmolch · Post by **Schmolch** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:40 pm

since i updated alsa-driver to 1.0.10rc_something, it just broke, and even going back to 1.0.9 wont work.

i followed the alsa-guide 100%
kernel is 2.6.14-gentoo, the /usr/src/linux link is correct.
i rebuilt the kernel including the modules, rebooted, and remerged alsa-driver several times.
alsaconf detects my card (sb live standard) but loading the modules fails.

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Running modules-update...
Loading driver...
 * Loading ALSA modules ...
 *   Loading: snd-card-0 ...
WARNING: Error inserting snd_ac97_codec (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo/alsa-driver/pci/ac97/snd-ac97-codec.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_emu10k1 (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo/alsa-driver/pci/emu10k1/snd-emu10k1.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)                                                                        [ !! ] *   Loading: snd-seq-oss ...
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo/alsa-driver/acore/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)                                                                      [ !! ] *   Loading: snd-pcm-oss ...
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo/alsa-driver/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (se  [ !! ] *   Loading: snd-pcm-oss ...
FATAL: Error inserting snd_pcm_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.14-gentoo/alsa-driver/acore/oss/snd-pcm-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (se  [ !! ] * ERROR: Failed to load necessary drivers                                [ ok ] * Restoring Mixer Levels ...                                             [ ok ]Setting default volumes...

this is what i get from dmesg:

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snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_readv
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_card_file_add
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_kernel_capture_ioctl
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_lib_writev
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_mixer_oss_ioctl_card
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_mmap_data
snd_pcm_oss: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_devices
snd_pcm_oss: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_devices
.....

and about 100 lines like that more.

all config files are updated.

any help is very appreciated.

yaneurabeya · Post by **yaneurabeya** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:42 pm

Did you run either make clean or make mrproper before updating your kernel and its modules? That's really a wise idea, but make sure to backup your configuration first!

musv · Post by **musv** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:46 pm

Same problem here. I updated from gentoo-sources-2.6.13-r5 to 2.6.14-r2.

After rebuild the alsa-driver (I do not use the kernel built-in drivers) I got the same messages like in the posting above. Additionally lirc-0.72 doesn't compile with 2.6.14.

So I booted 2.6.13-r5 again. But the error message from alsa is still appearing. Downgrading to alsa-1.09b didn't help. Then I tried to uninstall alsa, clear /lib/modules/gentoo-2.6.13-r5/alsa-driver and reinstall but it didn't help too.

It seems that the oss-Modules couldn't be loaded. Means: snd_pcm_oss and snd_mixer_oss. And so there's no device /dev/mixer. Also I didn't find a mixer device at an other location.

The strange thing is: If I use tvtime I get the error "can't open mixer", but I can adjust the volume with alsamixer. Same with audio-cd's in xmms.

In the alsamixer the line mixer and the cd mixer work.

So what f****** thing did Kernel-2.6.14 kill in my gentoo?

yaneurabeya · Post by **yaneurabeya** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:23 am

Nothing with the kernel; you need to compile a new set of modules for that version though since the alsa-headers being linked against and alsa-driver modules are out of date. Just reemerge all of your alsa stuff.

-valheru- · Post by **-valheru-** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:48 pm

Make sure your symlink is pointing to the correct kernel sources as well.

yaneurabeya · Post by **yaneurabeya** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:32 pm

Well, yes... make sure your /usr/src/linux symlink matches your running kernel or you will be compiling modules for something that you won't be using until you restart =\...

musv · Post by **musv** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:26 pm

I recompiled all the alsa-stuff and it worked for me.

This thread seems to be a duplicate of: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-390095.html

vmboy · Post by **vmboy** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:34 pm

Hello,

I had a similar problem with 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 and alsa-driver-1.0.10_rc2.
Here is what I did to solve the problem.

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killall udevd
udevstart
/etc/init.d/alsasound stop
alsaconf
/etc/init.d/alsasound restart

I hope this helps.

wimvandorst · Post by **wimvandorst** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:21 am

vmboy wrote:Hello,

I had a similar problem with 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 and alsa-driver-1.0.10_rc2.
Here is what I did to solve the problem.
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killall udevd
udevstart
/etc/init.d/alsasound stop
alsaconf
/etc/init.d/alsasound restart
I hope this helps.

Although I have a no alsa-driver, but built-in in 2.6.11, this did help. Thanks for the suggestion.
Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim van Dorst