upgraded to 2.6.2....now no sound or network

**Stephen** · 02-24-2004, 05:40 AM

Ok so are both the network and sound still not working at this point and is the output of the lsmod you show above from the booted 2.6 kernel? To load a module you use modprobe name_of_module as root for instance modprobe ne2k-pci for the network card you mention in a post above.

**theoldmanschild** · 02-24-2004, 06:18 AM

yeah, that's the 2.6.2 and they're not workin...i'll try modprobe

**theoldmanschild** · 02-24-2004, 06:40 AM

modprobed ne2k-pci as well as snd, snd_emu10k1, and a few other snd's until i had pretty much identical lsmod output to yours...used update-modules hoping that it would write them to modules.conf and lsmod again to check that they were all still up (which they were), and then tried accessing them...no luck still. When I selected alsa from the list in Multimedia, it said there is no device: default and couldn't load the server. Tried soundcardconfig but it doesn't work anymore now that the modules are named with the .ko convention. I'm assuming netcardconfig is the same, and it also didn't recognize my card. I'm really close to just giving up and goin back to a 2.4.x kernel (full reinstall of knoppix). I'm sure this is getting to be almost as big of a pain in the ass for you when you're trying to help me as it is for me! The only reason I was really recompiling anyway was to get a version.h on my system so I could use ATI's video card drivers for my Radeon 9800 Pro...wasn't overly concerned about upgrading from 2.4.x to 2.6.x. Also...i'm not even sure that make-kpkg leaves a version.h behind for you to be able to use anyway!

**Stephen** · 02-24-2004, 07:47 AM

You need to have the alsa-base and alsa-utils packages installed for the sound the base setups the configuration file which will be used here is mine it may work without the packages you can to save it as /etc/modprobe.d/alsa then run the update-modules again and see if that helps.

Code:

>$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa
### DEBCONF MAGIC
# This file was automatically generated by alsa-base's debconf stuff

alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore

options snd major=116 cards_limit=4

alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss

alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1

alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-slot-0

Are you sure that you are using the correct module for the net card? For the version.h if you still have the source tree for the kernel that you compiled it is in there and should be found also when building a kernel_image you can at the same time build a kernel_headers package that you can install which will have the file as well.

Code:

>$ locate version.h
/usr/include/gnu/libc-version.h
/usr/include/linux/dvb/version.h
/usr/include/linux/version.h
/usr/local/lm_sensors-2.8.2/version.h
/usr/local/modules/lm-sensors/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.23.031202/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.23.031202/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.24.040105/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.24.040105/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.2/include/linux/dvb/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.2/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.2/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.2/include/sound/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.3/include/linux/dvb/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.3/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.3/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.3/include/sound/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.24/arch/i386/math-emu/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.24/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skversion.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.24/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.24/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/arch/i386/math-emu/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skversion.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/fs/xfs/linux/xfs_version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/include/linux/dvb/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.2/include/sound/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/arch/i386/math-emu/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/drivers/net/sk98lin/h/skversion.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/fs/xfs/linux/xfs_version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/include/linux/dvb/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/include/linux/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/include/pcmcia/version.h
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3/include/sound/version.h
/usr/src/modules/alsa-drivers/alsa-kernel/include/version.h
/usr/src/modules/alsa-drivers/include/version.h
/usr/src/modules/alsa-drivers/include/version.h.in

**theoldmanschild** · 02-24-2004, 08:13 AM

the problem with the version.h is that 2.6.2 is the first kernel i'm compiling in knoppix...so i don't think i have the file in 2.4.21-xfs because I didn't compile it myself (came on knoppix CD). I'm going to try lsmod while running the liveCD to see what modules it has loaded for my network card even though my card is supposed to be ne2k-pci compatible.

**theoldmanschild** · 02-24-2004, 08:22 AM

okay i'm currently running on the Live CD and my internet is working fine...here is my lsmod

Code:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
autofs4                 8756   1 (autoclean)
af_packet              13512   0 (autoclean)
reiserfs              169648   0 (autoclean)
ext3                   64164   0 (autoclean)
jbd                    46356   0 (autoclean) [ext3]
ntfs                   50944   0 (autoclean)
msdos                   4652   0 (autoclean)
nls_iso8859-1           2876   1 (autoclean)
nls_cp437               4380   0 (autoclean)
agpgart                42628   0 (unused)
emu10k1                61096   0
sound                  55276   0 [emu10k1]
ac97_codec             11916   0 [emu10k1]
8139too                12776   1
mii                     2256   0 [8139too]
crc32                   2832   0 [8139too]
emu10k1-gp              1224   0 (unused)
gameport                1404   0 [emu10k1-gp]
tuner                   9440   1 (autoclean)
bttv                   96352   0 (unused)
i2c-algo-bit            6888   1 [bttv]
i2c-core               12100   0 [tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit]
soundcore               3428   7 [emu10k1 sound bttv]
videodev                5600   2 [bttv]
parport_pc             24840   0
parport                22496   0 [parport_pc]
serial                 51972   0 (autoclean)
hid                    21380   0 (unused)
mousedev                3832   1
input                   3168   0 [hid mousedev]
printer                 7680   0 (unused)
usb-uhci               21868   0 (unused)
usbcore                57824   1 [hid printer usb-uhci]
apm                     9768   2
rtc                     6972   0 (autoclean)
cloop                   8740   2
knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$

So I'm going to try to modprobe 8139too i guess??? I know mii and crc32 are related to the NIC but I don't know if any other modules listed are. I'm copying over your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa now and i'll try that in my 2.6.2 install

**Stephen** · 02-24-2004, 08:33 AM

Those should be loaded when you do the modprobe 8139too and if you get online from the HD then do not use my file install the packages I have already mentioned and the file will be created properly during the configuration. Oh and the version.h for the 2.4.21-xfs should be in the directory tree under /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-xfs, Klaus always includes the kernel-headers.

**theoldmanschild** · 02-24-2004, 08:36 AM

WOOHOO!!! 8139too works like a charm, i modprobed it and then did a netcardconfig and it works!!! I'm on my 2.6.2 install right now and typing this!!! Now I need to know how to add it permanently. I guess I'll try to just add a file with it in my modprobe.d directory and do an update-modules?? We'll see if i mess up anything else!!!