[mythtv-users] ALSA sound, unresolved symbols

Joseph Caputo caputo at qedinfo.com
Fri Jun 20 17:00:10 EDT 2003


Looks suspiciously like soundcore support is not configured as a module in
your kernel.

-JAC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of
> ElectricianDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 12:13 PM
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] ALSA sound, unresolved symbols
>
>
> Hello,
> I have finally got my new system put together for MythTV. It's a
> P4-1.8 GHz on an Intel D845PEBT2 motherboard. Video card is an
> NVIDIA GeForce3-Ti500 and tuner is an ATI TV Wonder VE. The hard
> drive, if it matters, is a Maxtor 160GB on a Promise PCI card.
>
> I'm running Mandrake 9.1, kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk. My motherboard
> has onboard sound (includes 5.1 surround and digital out!) and it
> appears to use the ALSA intel8x0 driver.
> I installed MythTV without too much trouble and did everything in
> the howto to get it set up.
> I could watch TV but I didn't get any sound, even after checking
> the mixer and cabling. I knew the tuner was outputing sound after
> plugging speakers into the tuner's line out jack.  After a minute
> or two mythbackend runs out of audio buffers and crashes. I
> cannot use /dev/dsp in any application to play sound.
>
> I looked around and most sites suggested upgrading to ALSA 0.9.4.
> So I downloaded and installed it as per the instructions. Compile
> supposedly completed successfully with the intel8x0 driver. But
> when I get to the part where I "modprobe snd-intel8x0;modprobe
> snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss" I get
> the following messages:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: unresolved
> symbol snd_verbose_printk
> modprobe: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed
> modprobe: insmod snd-intel8x0 failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: unresolved
> symbol snd_verbose_printk
> modprobe: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed
> modprobe: insmod snd-pcm-oss failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: unresolved
> symbol snd_verbose_printk
> modprobe: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed
> modprobe: insmod snd-mixer-oss failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o: unresolved
> symbol snd_verbose_printk
> modprobe: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/sound/acore/snd.o failed
> modprobe: insmod snd-seq-oss failed
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Closer investigation of the compile messages reveal more
> "unresolved symbol" messages. I have looked through mailing
> lists, etc. and can't find a solution anywhere - at least, none
> that work / that I can understand.
>
>
> If this is helpful, here's my lsmod:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> isofs                  27988   1  (autoclean)
> zlib_inflate           21156   0  (autoclean) [isofs]
> nls_iso8859-1           3516   1  (autoclean)
> udf                    90464   0  (autoclean)
> parport_pc             25096   1  (autoclean)
> lp                      8096   0  (autoclean)
> parport                34176   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> nfsd                   74256   8  (autoclean)
> af_packet              14952   0  (autoclean)
> sr_mod                 16920   2  (autoclean)
> floppy                 55132   0
> eepro100               21844   1  (autoclean)
> mii                     3832   0  (autoclean) [eepro100]
> supermount             15296   1  (autoclean)
> ide-cd                 33856   0
> cdrom                  31648   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
> bttv                   78496   0
> videodev                7872   2  [bttv]
> i2c-algo-bit            9064   1  [bttv]
> i2c-core               21192   0  [bttv i2c-algo-bit]
> soundcore               6276   0  [bttv]
> ide-scsi               11280   1
> usb-storage            72952   0  (unused)
> scsi_mod              103284   2  [sr_mod ide-scsi usb-storage]
> ehci-hcd               18568   0  (unused)
> usb-uhci               24652   0  (unused)
> usbcore                72992   1  [usb-storage ehci-hcd usb-uhci]
> rtc                     8060   0  (autoclean)
> ext3                   59916   2
> jbd                    38972   2  [ext3]
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> And my lspci:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset
> Host Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset
> AGP Bridge (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 82)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
> 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 02)
> 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97
> Audio (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20
> [GeForce3 Ti 500] (rev a3)
> 02:01.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc.
> 20269 (rev 02)
> 02:02.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
> Video Capture (rev 11)
> 02:02.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
> Capture (rev 11)
> 02:06.0 Unknown mass storage controller: CMD Technology Inc
> Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid Controller (rev 01)
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM)
> Ethernet Controller (rev 82)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Anyone know what I need to do to get this sound card working?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Drew Hearle
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