[olug] linux kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x problems (from Red Hat) Some what solved

[Don Kauffman]

I downloaded version  2.4.18-24.7.x and compiled that today. Got a 
couple of errors on modules so ended compiling everything I wanted  into 
 the kernel. Seems to work fine now except for still having the sound 
disabled .When I run sndconifg it identifies that I do have a soundcard,  

A ISAPNP sound card was found in your system. The details are:  Model: 
ESS ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive:Unknown   

It then tries to test it  I get no sound but these error messages: 

The following error occurred running the modprobe program:      
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.7.x/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved 
symbol sys_close_R268cc6a2
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.7.x/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved 
symbol kmalloc_R93d4cfe6
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.7.x/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved 
symbol vfree_R2fd1d81c
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.7.x/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved 
symbol unregister_chrdev_Rc192d491
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.7.x/kernel/drivers/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved 
symbol request_module_R27e4dc04

It then allows me to attempt to set it up manually. by specifying the 
I/O port, the IRQ, the DMA and the MPU I/O.  However, it still gives 
these messages no matter what I try. Does any one have a clue or should 
I take it somewhere?

Yours very truly puzzled!

Don
Don Kauffman wrote:

> Some of you may remember from installfest that I was having problems 
> compiling the kernel in the subject line, It kept giving me errors for 
> the ethernet  modules I needed. I'd like to go back to compiling an 
> earlier version that works. My question; is there  a simple way to 
> reset this so that it will compile the 2.4.9-34 version rather than 
> the 2.4.18-17.7.x. RPM doesn't do the remove in this case.  I know the 
> 2.4.9-34 version compiles with no errors and I'd like to use that as 
> my basic kernel compile for now. Can I do this relatively simply? If 
> so, how?
>
> Here's the content of the directories in question.
> <snip>
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Oct 26 12:02 linux-2.4 -> 
> linux-2.4.18-17.7.x
> drwxr-xr-x   17 root     root         4096 Jan 11 15:05 
> linux-2.4.18-17.7.x
> drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Jul 30  2002 linux-2.4.7-10
> drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Oct 26 12:02 linux-2.4.9-34
> <snip>
>
> [dekauff at kauffman2443 linux-2.4.18-17.7.x]$ ls
> abi      crypto         init         Makefile        Rules.make
> arch     Documentation  ipc          mm              scripts
> configs  drivers        kernel       net             System.map
> COPYING  fs             lib          README          tmp_include_depends
> CREDITS  include        MAINTAINERS  REPORTING-BUGS  vmlinux
>
> [dekauff at kauffman2443 linux-2.4.9-34]$ ls
> abi   drivers  include  ipc     lib  net      System.map  
> vmlinux-2.4.9-34
> arch  fs       init     kernel  mm   scripts  vmlinux 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>

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Don Kauffman
Email: mailto:dkauffman at tconl.com
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