On Thursday 04 November 2004 22:59, Peter 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.
Kernel 2.6 structure is different to 2.4 for modules, sound modules reside in kernel/sound and not kernel/drivers/sound. > 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. Not a good thing to do, 2.6 kernels are "very different" to 2.4. > I then switched back to 2.4.26 and sound was back. > > Could that be resolved and how? You will need to check your /usr/src/linux/.config file to see what you have defined for sound. Go here; http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt For good info on compiling 2.6 kernels. > > 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. ??????????? Even 11 seconds sounds way to long, but you did not say what sort of computer it is, let alone how much memory you have, etc etc etc... > Thanks & Regards -- If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - 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
