modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o failed

[Mip]

depmod -a took a while to complete, but reported no errors. Nevertheless, it didn't work.

I see devfs loading while booting up, and see it in the logs. What does it mean if I don't see /dev/dsp?

In terms of actually installing the module, I went ahead and retried it, and got the following:

# insmod -f au8830

Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o
Warning: The module you are trying to load (/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o) is compiled with a gcc
version 2 compiler, while the kernel you are running is compiled with
a gcc version 3 compiler. This is known to not work.
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_midi_R82a43a6b
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_dsp_R16aa6112
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_mixer_R7afc9d8a
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_mixer_R84905678
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_dsp_Rcd083b10
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_special_R99c95fa5
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_special_R9a9cbba5
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_midi_Rfdab6de3
/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/misc/au8830.o:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for
assistance, only they can help you.

I had read about hexediting the au8830.o file and changing the gcc2 part to gcc3 (it worked for someone).

I reran it, and *didn't* get the error about the gcc2 vs gcc3, but did get the remaining notices about unresolved symbols.

Still no /dev/dsp (there there's dvd, discs, and disc0 and disc1).

[CP]

try modprobe au8839 rather than insmod.
Cheers
CP

[Mip]

Will do. Thanks.

[CP]

Have you had anymore luck with it?
CP

[Mip]

Hmmmm I tried #modprobe au8830 and received no errors.

However, I tried to run Noatun to play some mp3s and got an alert reporting:

Sound server fatal error:

AudioSubSystem::handleIO: write failed

len = -1, can_write = 4096, errno = 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable)

This might be a sound hardware/driver specific probme (see aRts FAQ)

Whoa!! I just decided to try another app (KsCD) and tried it. I got the voice of Martin Luther King (no fooling - a cd of speeches I picked up a while back - amazing).

So, A L R I G H T ! !

Thanks a bunch a man. I wonder why it craps out when I try to play mp3s.

I just tried it again, and found that it worked - but only if I didn't write or do any other activity. My machine is old (PII 450 MHz, 384 mb ram), but generally ran mandrake 8.2 (kernel 2.4) well enough. So, I can multitask when I play CDs, but not mp3s (though those are on a fat32 partition - but again, used to play okay).

Any ideas? Where else should I look for clues?