Re: [LUG] Progress Report

[Anton Channing <achanning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 13 February 2005 13:20, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Sunday 13 February 2005 12:03 pm, Anton Channing wrote:
> > > > > mo du le= emu10k1

> # modprobe emu10k1
> should be sufficient.

# modprobe emu10k1
#

(no output, no error)

> I use emu10k1 as well, $ lsmod includes:
> emu10k1                60812   1
> ac97_codec             13684   0 [emu10k1]
> soundcore               3940   9 [snd emu10k1 sound]
> sound                  59272   0 [emu10k1]
> gameport                1676   0 [emu10k1-gp]

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
soundcore               3268   0  (autoclean)
emu10k1-gp              1128   0  (unused)
gameport                1388   0  [emu10k1-gp]
sbp2                   15024   0  (unused)

Seems mine has a '-gp' stuck on the end?

> Then look under /lib/modules
> You'll find a directory named after your current kernel (use
> $ uname -r
>  to find that) and in that directory, you'll find:
> alsa/snd-emu10k1.o
> alsa/snd-emu8000-synth.o
> alsa/snd-emu10k1-synth.o
> alsa/snd-emux-synth.o

No.  Here is what I found:
/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386# ls
initrd  
modules.dep
modules.ieee1394map  
modules.parportmap 
modules.pnpbiosmap
kernel  
modules.generic_string  
modules.isapnpmap    
modules.pcimap      
modules.usbmap

> That's all you need to know - modprobe will sort out the rest, as above.
>
> $ - user command
> # su to root and type exit after issuing the command

I'm already using a root terminal, so I presume
thats unnecessary?

> so:
> $ su
> Enter password:
> # modprobe emu10k1
> # exit
> $
>
> modprobe will tell you if there are errors.
>
> To load the same module next time you boot, see:
> /etc/modules.conf
> # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
> # anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read
> # the manpage for update-modules.
>
> On my system, the files for /etc/modutils and alsa are in
> /etc/alsa/modutils/1.0
> so there's a symlink in /etc/modutils/
> ### DEBCONF MAGIC
> # This file was automatically generated by alsa-base's debconf stuff
> alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files
>
> So make sure you have;
> # apt-get install alsa-base

Ah.  Looks like its downloading something...

> Alsa should take care of the rest.
>
> > I'm afraid I'm going to have to confess to being a little
> > lost here.  What am I looking for?
>
> Avoidance! Don't download the CVS, you don't know you need it until you
> know if the current emu10k1 works or not.

Okay.

Anton

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