MX300 in gentoo?

Nephren-Ka · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 9:58 pm Post subject: MX300 in gentoo?

Hey all...I wanted to find if anyone has gotten their Monster MX300 (or any other vortex2-based audio card) working in gentoo? There are drivers on sourceforge, but they don't compile under gentoo...any ideas?

delta407 · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 10:02 pm Post subject:

How, exactly, do they not compile under Gentoo?

Nephren-Ka · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 10:05 pm Post subject:

BonezTheGoon

I downloaded the sources from sourceforge.net/projects/aureal and attempted a compilation to add support for my sound card.

Here is the information I get when I compile under my new Gentoo 1.2 install (I used the kernel-2.4.19-Gentoo-r7 sources).

bash-2.05a# ls -a
. ChangeLog asp10.o au_audio.c au_mixer.c au_vortex.c
.. Makefile asp20.o au_core.c au_sndstat.c au_vortex.h
COPYING README asp30.o au_midi.c au_utils.c mod_conf

bash-2.05a# make install
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentium -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_audio.o au_audio.c
In file included from au_vortex.h:66,
from au_audio.c:49:
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/malloc.h:4: #error linux/malloc.h is deprecated, use linux/slab.h instead.
make: *** [au_audio.o] Error 1

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. On a side note I had previously used these same sources with Mandrake 8.2 (kernel 2.4.18-mdk something-or-other) and they worked beautifully. I would REALLY like to get my audio working in Gentoo!!!!

Thanks in advance!

BonezTheGoon

delta407 · Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 1:35 am Post subject:

First, you're insane for using -O6. Second, these sources use "linux/malloc.h", which has been phased out in favor of "linux/slab.h"; yell at the developers of your driver.

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2002 11:30 pm Post subject: So now what?

Ok, so I changed the source to point to slab.h instead of malloc.h, and I recompiled. It still isn working. Here is what I get now . . . .

bash-2.05a# make install
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_audio.o au_audio.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_midi.o au_midi.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_core.o au_core.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_sndstat.o au_sndstat.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_mixer.o au_mixer.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_utils.o au_utils.c
cc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DAU8830 -mpentiumpro -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -pipe -I/usr/src/linux/include -c -o au_vortex.o au_vortex.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r au_audio.o au_midi.o au_core.o au_sndstat.o au_mixer.o au_utils.o au_vortex.o asp30.o -o au8830.o
mv -f /etc/modules.conf /etc/modules.conf.old
gawk -f mod_conf /etc/modules.conf.old > /etc/modules.conf
echo "alias sound au8830" >> /etc/modules.conf
echo "alias midi au8830" >> /etc/modules.conf
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc
cp -f au8830.o /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/rmmod au8830
rmmod: module au8830 is not loaded
make: [install] Error 1 (ignored)
/sbin/modprobe au8830
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc/au8830.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s1-18 for information about tainted modules
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc/au8830.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc/au8830.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc/au8830.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/misc/au8830.o: insmod au8830 failed
make: [install] Error 255 (ignored)

So you say I am insane to use -o6, however I am unsure what to use in its place, -o5, or -o2? This is the compile time switches that have been put into the Makefile of these sources. I got them from sourceforge and they are over a yeart old (hence the very old malloc.h). Any new suggestions, this seems to have taken me closer to my overall goal and I thank you!

Many thanks in advance,
BonezTheGoon

Beattie · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 155

change the thing back to malloc and then put the vanilla kernel source where it belongs and try again (the gentoo kernel might work also but I haven't tried it)

acon · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 5

I used the CVS version and I don't remember having any troubles other than hacking the configfiles in etc...

Sorry, I have one problem, I can't get my joystick (gameport) to work... but I haven't tried that hard since I'm not much of a gamer

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 9:38 pm Post subject:

Nephren-Ka are you still monitoring this thread? I am curious if your silence indicates that you got your sound card working. If you did would you please post the results and what you had to do to get it to work? I have not had a chance to touch my machine since I last posted (life sometimes gets in the way of Linux, damn it all) -- So I really appreciate all the suggestions and I swear I am going to give them a try and I will be sure to post results and a simple HOW-TO if I do get it working. If anyone has been able to get a Aureal chipset soundcard to work under Gentoo please please post to this thread with your directions and suggestions!!!!

All suggestions MUCH appreciated!! Well except the ones that simply say to buy a new card, not that I am attatched to this one--thats just an obvious solution that doesn't need to be posted. :Þ

Regards,
BonezTheGoon
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Wedge_ · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 3:44 pm Post subject:

I just got the driver from the sourceforge site (it might have been the CVS version), did a "make-install", and put "au8830" in modules.autoload, and it worked perfectly. I'm using Gentoo 1.2, with the Gentoo kernel. All the OSS and ALSA stuff is disabled or not installed, and I just have basic sound support compiled into the kernel. It does seem to depend on your setup to some extent. I tried the same procedure on the same system with RedHat 7.3, and it would lock up solidly as soon as I tried to play a sound.

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 3:56 pm Post subject:

Thanks Wedge_ I had previously been using the sourceforge drivers with my Mandrake 8.2 prior to Gentoo and it worked fine. I had simply followed the README with the package from sourceforge. Very curious that you could compile where I could not. I will have to try this again some time! Thanks for your help!!!

Regards,
BonezTheGoon

kirill · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 9:12 pm Post subject:

BonezTheGoon · Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 12:28 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info, time for a very dumb question though (I'm sure you are all used to me by now!), this is for Kernel Audio support right? This does not allow me to use ALSA? One reason I stopped working on it is because I was able to (very easily) get sound working with my onboard AC97 sound and ALSA using the Desktop Guide.

Thanks again,
BonezTheGoon

kirill · Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 12:38 pm Post subject:

spiff · n00b Joined: 04 Oct 2002 Posts: 37

Thnx, helped me out with the cvs stuff a while back