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From: David Cougle <thyle@moonman.com>
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Subject: Re: Success with cs4236+ and ALSA
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John Fulmer wrote:
> 
> David Cougle wrote:
> >
> > John Fulmer wrote:
> > >
> > > One more point. If you are NOT using Redhat 5.x, you can do a "modprobe
> > > snd-card-cs4236" It should do the same thing.....
> > >
> > > jf
> > >
> > > John Fulmer wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >         a) At this point you should be able to do a "
> > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start " to activate the driver. You might
> > > > check the console to see if there are any error messages. My Thinkpad
> > > > clicks when the driver activates.
> > > >
> > >
> 
> > I wish that would work for me:(  Unforunately it just stalled, and i had
> > to press ctrl delete, whereupon it said no such file or dir for
> > snd-cs4236 and snd and whatever
> 
> Okay, ONE MORE THING!
> 
> I did see a problem where there would be a /lib/modules/preferred
> directory, and alsa would install everything there. If so, copy all the
> snd* things to /lib/modules/2.x.x/misc, do a depmod -a to rebuild the
> dependencies, and remove /lib/modules/preferred directory. It  might
> also help to rename (if you are using redhat) the
> /usr/modules/2.x.x-whatever directory to just 2.x.x. always do a depmod
> -a after doing anything. Note that 2.x.x is actually the version number
> of your kernel (2.0.35 for latest redhat 5.1). This is only for those
> people who don't recompile your kernel. If you compile your kernel, this
> shouldn't happen.
> 
> The problem here is that modprobe doesn't know where the alsa modules
> are, and redhat is kindof screwy about the /lib/modules structure.
> 
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I think the fact that I can't use alsa has something to do with the fact
that I can't use sound when compiled as a module in kernel, either, i
have to compile it in kernel.  Else it doesnt do that "pop" when i
bootup.  Any ideas?
I have an Acer Aw35 with cs4237
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