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Banzai_san
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 Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 2:30 pm Post subject: cannot boot into kernel-2.6.8.1 after emerge alsa-driver |
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Hi,
Assistance required ..
I've just upgraded my kernel from 2.6.7 to 2.6.8.1 (development-sources). Rebooted ... etc.. etc.. ran ok.
But when I #emerge alsa-driver
I get some warning about 2.6.8.1 is not a standard linux versioning.. or something similar.. (cant remember)
I did give a darm..  and continued emerging
But when I rebooted, my linux HANGs at
*Using ALSA OSS emulation
*Loading : snd-mixer-oss
*Loading : snd-pcm-oss
*Loading : snd-seq-oss
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Kindly advise.. Thanks. |
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MC Reen
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I have the same problem, but currently don't know how to fix it. |
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Banzai_san
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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I tried booting with 2004.0 live CD, but I dont know how to fix. Pls help
S.O.S. |
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oumpah-pah
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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I don't understand why you should emerge alsa-driver. They are included in the 2.6 kernels. You should
| Code: | | emerge -Ca alsa-driver |
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ottotriin
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject: 2.6 already has the necessary ALSA drivers in it |
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Hi, I had same problem, but after studding Gentoo Linux ALSA Guide - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml found: "2.6 already has the necessary ALSA drivers in it" 
Please do not emerge alsa-drivers, only alsa-utils and alsa-tools.
| Quote: | | But when I rebooted, my linux HANGs at |
Press Ctrl+C and it continues booting
Regards |
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Banzai_san
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| Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:02 am Post subject: |
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I tried booting with live CD and #emerge -Ca alsa-drivers, but when tried booting again.. still hangs at the same instance
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*Using ALSA OSS emulation
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* Loading: snd-seq-oss
I will try the Control+C and see what happens. Thanks
nb/ I remember reading somewhere that alsa-driver need to be emerged /compiled again after every kernel rebuild or upgrading a new kernel. That's why I emerged the alsa-driver |
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Banzai_san
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| Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:58 am Post subject: |
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ok.. Ctrl+C did the trick. Im able to boot into Linux ... (Im writing this using my Linux box with kde 3.3  , yay )
Now my sound doesnt work. Tried compiling kernel, but no success.
I guess I have to emerge alsa-driver & alsa-utils ? (nb/ Ive unmerged alsa-driver & alsa-utils prior to compiling the kernel.) |
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tomchuk
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| Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:31 am Post subject: |
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1. You must enable alsa in your kernel. If you installed alsa-driver, it overwrote the kernel modules with the alsa-driver ones, and then erased them when you removed alsa-driver. cd to your kernel source dir and do a "make modules_install" if alsa is compiled as modules. If not do a make all, and copy the new bzImage to your monuted /boot.
2. You must install alsa-utils and you must edit /etc/modules.d/alsa as per the instructions the the Gentoo alsa guide. Add alsasound to the boot runlevel.
3. You must not install alsa-driver on a 2.6 kernel.
4. You must read every line of the documentation, and not skim. I know it's excitiong to get your gentoo box up and running, but take the time to read the docs and do it right.  |
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Banzai_san
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| Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:54 am Post subject: |
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ok. thanks for the advise. I'll try to remember not to skim through the docs. Cant help it when I get too excited.. ihihhkss
Thanks guys for all your assistance, tomchuk, ottotriin, oumpah-pah, MC Reen. |
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amigo
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: 2.6 already has the necessary ALSA drivers in it |
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| ottotriin wrote: |
| Quote: | | But when I rebooted, my linux HANGs at |
Press Ctrl+C and it continues booting
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Ctrl+C doesn't work for me. I don't know why. I managed to log into a different kernel that i never really got to work (graphics doesn't work and no network), and take a peek at what was installed. media-sound/alsa-driver is NOT installed. I have alsa-utils-1.0.8 installed and alsa-tools-1.0.8-r1. Where do i go from here?
Thanks in advance for any help. Please don't hurt me. I'm a noob. |
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amigo
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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So i managed to get back into my computer when i did: "rc-update del alsa boot" from the other kernel. However, i don't have sound now. If i do: "/etc/init.d/alsasound start" from an xterm, it'll hang there (luckily, i can just close the xterm).
Please let me know if you can help. Thanks. |
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