Insert modules into kernel

aje · #1 27th October 2004, 10:38 PM

I'm in the process of installing my soundcard right now, and I was wondering how to go about inserting modules into my kernel.

In the installation instructions, I am told :

Code:

Now insert the modules into the kernel.

 modprobe snd-audigyls;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss

I'm sort of lost as to how I would do this.

Any/all help is greatly appreciated

tashirosgt · #2 27th October 2004, 10:52 PM

Open a terminal ( redhat, system tools, terminal). Login as root and type those commands in. Are you familiar with using the command line? By the way, what brand of sound card is it?

aje · #3 28th October 2004, 01:38 AM

It's a creative audigy ls

Yeah i've been getting used to the command line over the past week (how long i've been using linux), but when I enter the commands in, I get the message

Code:

[root@localhost linux-2.6.5-1.358]# modprobe snd-audigyls;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss
bash: modprobe: command not found
bash: modprobe: command not found
bash: modprobe: command not found
bash: modprobe: command not found

Oetzi · #4 28th October 2004, 01:57 AM

modprobe ist located in /sbin (which isn't in your path by default)

Try (as root):
/sbin/modprobe snd-audigyls;/sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss;/sbin/modprobe snd-mixer-oss;/sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss

aje · #5 28th October 2004, 02:05 AM

Code:

[root@localhost root]# /sbin/modprobe snd-audigyls;/sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss;/sbin/modprobe snd-mixer-oss;/sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss
FATAL: Error inserting snd_audigyls (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/pci/emu10k1/snd-audigyls.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_midi_event (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

any suggestions?

Oetzi · #6 28th October 2004, 12:34 PM

There should be some more information about this in /var/log/dmesg (-> "see dmesg").
Maybe this modules require parameters to be inserted properly (only an assumption).

tashirosgt · #7 28th October 2004, 08:27 PM

The commands you are running that are separated by a semicolon can be run one at a time. It might be easier to tell what the first fatal error is if you do it this way.

aje · #8 28th October 2004, 11:02 PM

I did the commands separately.

The first one got the same results. The next two gave no errors, when I hit enter, the prompt just appeared on the next like like usual.

When I entered the last one I got this

Code:

# /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_midi_event (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-midi-event.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_seq_oss (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/oss/snd-seq-oss.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

I looked in dmesg but couldn't find anything about the soundcard or the ALSA drivers.

tashirosgt · #9 30th October 2004, 04:51 AM

This looks like a problem with the module itself. Can you give a liink to the place where you got these modules and the directions for installing them?