Hi Peter, The 2.4 & 2.6 kernels use different, incompatible module formats, so you can't just copy the 2.4 modules over to 2.6. Instead you will need to install a 2.6 kernel module for your soundcard. If your kernel was already configured to build your soundcards drivers as modules, all you should need to do is cd /usr/src/linux (or where ever you 2.6.7 kernel sources are); make modules && make modules_install. Note that make modules_install needs root permissions. Also also note that 2.6 normally uses ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture), while 2.4 used OSS (Open? Sound System). This means that you soundcards driver module might have a different name, so you might need to edit the module name in /etc/modules.conf or where ever you define modules to load on startup. After this you should be able to load your soundcards driver modules & hear stuff.
HTH, Conway S. Smith On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:59:34 -0500, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Slackware10 > > When I installed the kernel 2.6.7 my sound was lost, the error message claiming it > can > not find module via82cxxx_audio.c. Checking /lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers there > was > no /sound folder. > > I then copied ../2.4.26/../sound into ../2.6.7../drivers/ it did not change it still > claimed it > could not find my sound module after rebooting. > > I then switched back to 2.4.26 and sound was back. > > Could that be resolved and how? > > A side benefit of the whole exercise was that all of a sudden starting kde programs > such > as kppp takes now only half the time than before I tried to switch kernels. It used > to take > an annoying 22 seconds, now it takes only 11. ??????????? > > Thanks & Regards > > -- > Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
