On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:30, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:56, Alan Chandler wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 15:50, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:28, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 08:20, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > > > > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 14:07, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > # apt-get -u install kernel-source-2.4.22 > > > > > > # cd /usr/src > > > > > > # tar xvfj kernel-source-2.4.22.tar.bz2 > > > > > > # ln -sf <startled pause> > > > > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > : > > > > > > Hey, look what's in /usr/src!!! Never noticed that.... > > > > > > > > > > > > alsa-driver.tar.bz2 > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess I'll have to take a look at that. > > > > > > > > > > Yup! > > > > > > > > > I just upgraded a basically kde system to use alsa. It was difficult but I got > > there in the end. > > > > The main problem appears to be that the alsa packages cut out during > > installation because there appears to be a conflict between it and what was > > there before. I had already got some files in both /etc/modutils and in / > > etc/devfs related to my emu10k1 device. > > > > I was also running the update (via aptitude) in a kde konsole window, which > > meant that the old sound system was being held on to by kde. > > > > In the end, I got rid of my references in /etc/modules and /etc/devfs, dropped > > into console mode and killed off kde > > > > I then reran dpkg-reconfigure alsa-base again. I might even have had to > > reboot to get the permissions in /dev/snd and /dev/sound set correctly, can't > > exactly remember. > > > > Anyway - all working now > > Ah, lucky you. When trying to do "# modprobe snd-via82xx", I'm > getting this error in /var/log/syslog : > <snip> kernel: ALSA ../alsa-kernel/pci/via82xx.c:1897: unable to \ > grab IRQ -19 > > # cat /proc/interrupts > CPU0 > 0: 92801266 IO-APIC-edge timer > 1: 475234 IO-APIC-edge keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc > 9: 0 IO-APIC-edge acpi > 12: 4838014 IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse > 14: 3880253 IO-APIC-edge ide0 > 15: 420 IO-APIC-edge ide1 > 18: 2915153 IO-APIC-level eth0 > 19: 2 IO-APIC-level ohci1394 > NMI: 0 > LOC: 92802586 > ERR: 0 > MIS: 0 [snippage]
After looking in /var/log/dmesg (plain old dmesg is useless after so long an uptime), I see that the ACPI on my mobo is buggy. Rebooting with the "acpi=off" option fixed it. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Democracy is woman's greatest invention. Indeed, it even reflects her character: purposeless, irrational, subject to public opinion and passing fashions, rambling, confused, underhanded, scheming, in love with its own purity." Unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
