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[abrahams@xxxxxxxxxxx (Paul W. Abrahams)]

dproc@xxxxxxx wrote:

> My Soundblaster 16 clone is failing to work with kernel sound in SuSE
> Linux 6.3
>
> It is a PnP card and has the same pnp config as it had when it worked
> under 5.3
>
> The error messages suggest to me that there is a version conflict
> among kernel modules, which can't be right can it?
>
> Messages follow.  Yours, dproc
>
> # insmod sound
> Using /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol sound_preinit_lowlevel_drivers
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_dsp
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol sound_unload_lowlevel_drivers
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_midi
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_dsp
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_mixer
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_mixer
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_special
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_special
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol sound_init_lowlevel_drivers
> /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/sound.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_midi

I've seen stuff like that too, and solved the problem, but I can't remember precisely
which action I took was the key.  But here are some things to try:

1. As root, call "depmod" or "depmod -a" (they're equivalent, but people here seem to
prefer "depmod -a".   That will fix up the module dependency file.

2. Use lsmod to see what modules are loaded.  If your sound card module isn't loaded,
load it with "modprobe".  Also do the same for "soundcore".

Of course, if you have a kernel version conflict, that's an entirely different
matter.

Paul Abrahams


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