From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <rowboat@wi.rr.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, HDR_ORDER_FTSDMCXX_NORDNS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from slc02.smtp.stsn.com (unknown [12.23.74.5]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29557ABD4F for <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>; Wed, 29 May 2002 18:22:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from THINKPAD ([10.0.147.84]) by slc02.smtp.stsn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.3779); Wed, 29 May 2002 17:22:07 -0600 Message-ID: <004201c20767$d74e8b30$6701a8c0@THINKPAD> From: "Rob W" <rowboat@wi.rr.com> To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Broken Sound in KDE3 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:23:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 May 2002 23:22:07.0656 (UTC) FILETIME=[A6851280:01C20767] Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev>, <mailto:gentoo-dev-request@gentoo.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/> X-Archives-Salt: 49bd7587-9202-4e44-a35a-165fdf4edb71 X-Archives-Hash: fd72f2a1e868c2a30e7c33aa0ab00ca0 Paul, Thanks for this suggestion, and all the suggestions of the others. I have stored your messages in a special file in case this comes up again. It is good to know where to find the actual modules, rather than in just .conf files, and I appreciate the effort all of you have put into your messages. As it is, I could not take it any more, and yesterday I erased my Gentoo installation (mke2fs -j hda4 will do that!) and re-installed from an .iso image based on the 2.4.19-gentoo kernel. It was not just the sound that was wrong: my purchased copy of Crossover did not work for plugins; samba printing from a Win2K client to the linux box did not work (multiple hours lost combing through the smb.conf file), and of course sound did not work. It seemed that functionality was terminally screwed up, and it was getting worse. Finally, X and my video drivers became unusable. Everything started deteriorating after I did a 'emerge world update'. That process hung at the end, so it did not have a chance to completely update the system, hence I believe the machine was left as a sort of hybrid, partially 2.4.18 and partially 2.4.19-gentoo. Also, the 'emerge world update' loaded a new (default) 'make menuconfig' file, that included kernel support for at least one sound card that I did not have. Normally this should not cause depmod -a to generate errors, but that's what I was getting. The errors all involved drivers in the ~/sound/pci directory, which was weird, because I don't have a pci sound card. Anyway, it was a mess. When I recompiled my kernel, I left oss sound, as well as the support for the SB-16 ISAPNP, compiled as a module. On the samba front, I said 'no' to smb file system support. In the previous kernel, I had compiled it (smb fs support) into the kernel. I think this interfered with samba, and prevented printing with 'access denied' errors on the Windows client. The help file for that kernel option said that Samba works fine without smb fs support. We shall see if that fixes the samba printing problem. Right now the system boots without error via grub to the CLI. I still need to emerge X and KDE 3.0, ALSA, and all the other packages. This is my second install of Gentoo, and I think I'm going to get it right this time. Just hope I don't need more 'practice.' Cheers, Rob W.