RE: Soundcard & modem problems

[Steve Bell]

Hi Graham   I had the same problem with Mandrake and my inbuilt ESS soundcard.  I replaced Mandrake with Redhat, and problem solved.   Sorry Tech-heads - that's the newbie's solution! Peace Steve -----Original Message----- From: Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2002 21:27 To: CLUG Subject: Soundcard & modem problems Greetings All   I attended the installfest, where I had Mandrake 8.2 installed. Since then I have been getting to know my way around linux and some of the applications.   My main problems are that I have no sound, and that my modem does not work. I have followed a number of the helpfull links that have been posted, and also downloaded some drivers, but I always seem to run into problems when trying to install these, particularly when editing the makefile and running the make command. I am begining to get frustrated, hence my plea for help.   To my knowledge I have the following devices   AMR voice modem connected on Com 3 and IRQ 05  Which from what I can gather is a Smartlink modem. >From the windows modem icon you are linked to a webpage where you can download a linux driver 5634PCV.exe. The help file states   Linux Red Hat 7.1 or Kernel 2.4.x.x - TP560i Modem Card Setup procedure for Linux and gives the following instructions   Boot up in GNOME mode.  At path /proc, find file pci then find Topic vender ID �151f� and the     I/O-address, IRQ-number Linux assign to Topic modem.                                       ����������������                          Vendor id=151f.  Device id=0.                          Medium devsel.  IRQ=5.                          I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].   My /proc/pci file does not contain the lines Topic vender ID "151f" ....                            2. Go to Home Directory:    Click  on  dev,  click on Commands , then Run Commands in panel Type:  setserial tty-number uart 16550A irq IRQ-number port I/O-address   For example : setserial ttyS2 uart 16550A irq 5 port 0xe400 then  click OK 3. At path /dev, remove default modem link then link modem to the tty you assign in step For example : rm modem                        ln �s ttyS2 modem the setserial command does not work, (bad command)    4. Now, you can use KPPP to test the modem. the KPPP command does not work, (bad command)   I have also tried installing a driver file downloaded directly from Smartlink, ie slmdm-2.6.16_i386.tar.gz which includes instructions for both manual installation, or installation using RPM, both with no success. Smartlink also have another file called slmdm-2.6.16.tar.gz which I asume is no use to me as the documentation states it is for i686, where my system is i586   My soundcard is a Yamaha DS-XG Legacy Sound Card,  IRQ 9,  DMA 3 and from looking at the messages log file, it looks like Linux detects the card but it is not set up correctly.   I get the following sound server informational message when KDE starts up   Error while initializing the sound driver device /dev/dsp can't be opened. (no such file or directory) The sound server will continue using the null output device   Indeed this message is correct, I do not have a directory named /dev/dsp, although I do have the directories /dev/snd and /dev/sound if they are of any consulation.   Below are some snippets from the messages log file.   Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: Unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router VIA [1106/0686] at 00:07.0 Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:07.6 Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: PCI: Disabling Via external APIC routing Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: PCI: Via IRQ fixup for 00:07.6, from 0 to 5 Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards... Aug 13 07:26:20 localhost kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found Aug 13 07:25:33 localhost devfsd: Started device management daemon v1.3.24 for /dev Aug 13 07:25:34 localhost devfsd: error calling: symlink in GLOBAL Aug 13 07:25:56 localhost depmod: depmod:  Aug 13 07:25:56 localhost depmod: cannot read ELF header from /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/alsa/snd-ymfpci.o.gz Aug 13 07:25:56 localhost depmod: depmod:  Aug 13 07:25:56 localhost depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/alsa/snd-card-ymfpci.o.gz Aug 13 07:25:56 localhost rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies:  failed  Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth1 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth2 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth3 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth4 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth5 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth6 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth7 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth8 Aug 13 07:26:01 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module eth9  Aug 13 07:26:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module scsi_hostadapter Aug 13 07:26:48 localhost last message repeated 3 times Aug 13 07:27:20 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:21 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:21 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:21 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:21 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:22 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:23 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:23 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:23 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:24 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:24 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:24 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:25 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:26 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:27 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:27 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:27 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:27 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:28 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:28 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:28 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:29 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:29 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:29 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:30 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:30 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:30 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:31 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:31 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:32 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:32 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:32 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:33 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:33 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:33 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:34 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:34 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:34 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:35 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:35 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:35 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:35 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:36 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:36 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:36 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:37 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:39 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:39 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:39 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:39 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:40 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:40 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:40 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:40 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:40 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:41 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:41 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:41 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:41 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:42 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:42 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:42 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:43 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:43 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:43 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:43 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:44 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:44 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:45 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:45 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:46 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:46 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 Aug 13 07:27:47 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:48 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-1 Aug 13 07:27:48 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:48 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 Aug 13 07:27:48 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:48 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 Aug 13 07:27:49 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:49 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 Aug 13 07:27:49 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:49 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 Aug 13 07:27:50 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 Aug 13 07:27:50 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6    Thanks for taking the time to read this message, and I look forward to getting these issues sorted   Cheers Graham Barnett --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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