Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 8

[Tapas Ranjan]

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> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 10:21:40 -0800
> From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: application <app.name> uses obsolete OSS audio
> 	interface
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
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> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 03:06:18 +0900 (JST), Tapas Ranjan
> <sarangi at bpost.kek.jp> wrote:
> > Mark :
> > 
> >         Here are the follwings :
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >>On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 23:52:04 +0900 (JST), Tapas Ranjan
> > >@bpost.kek.jp> wrote:
> > >> Hi :
> > >>
> > >         "kernel: application <app.name> uses obsolete OSS audio
> > interface"
> > >
> > >         I am getting this mesg in /var/log/messages as well in dmesg.
> > This
> > > <app. name> is xmms, mozilla-bin. It followed by another error message
> > in
> > > /var/log/messages i.e.
> > >
> > >   "modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1"
> > >
> > >         I am using Fedora 2 with a updated kernel by yum. There was no
> > > problem updating the kernel or after updates. Via google I found
> > > that, there is some problem of compatibility sourced by the kernel.
> > > There is no proper solution I found to get rid of this error mesgs. Any
> > > help from experts will be appreciated.
> > >
> > >         Thanks
> > >         ---Tapas
> > >
> > 
> > >Tapas,
> > >   Do you have Alsa's OSS emulation installed? Please provide the
> > >output of lsmod. Also possibly the contents of modprobe.conf.
> > >
> > >- Mark
> > 
> > #)rpm -qa | grep alsa gives this ouput :
> > 
> > alsa-lib-devel-1.0.3a-2
> > alsa-lib-1.0.3a-2
> > alsa-utils-1.0.3-1
> > 
> > #) lsmod output :
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > snd_pcm_oss            43129  11
> > snd_mixer_oss          14017  2 snd_pcm_oss
> > snd_intel8x0           30829  12
> > snd_ac97_codec         58821  1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_pcm                83529  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
> > snd_timer              25413  1 snd_pcm
> > snd_page_alloc          8393  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> > gameport                4033  1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_mpu401_uart         7361  1 snd_intel8x0
> > snd_rawmidi            21733  1 snd_mpu401_uart
> > snd_seq_device          6473  1 snd_rawmidi
> > snd                    45477  9
> > snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> > soundcore               7713  23 snd
> > aes_i586               38325  0
> > autofs4                20677  0
> > yenta_socket           15937  0
> > airo_cs                 5317  0
> > ds                     12869  1 airo_cs
> > airo                   58465  1 airo_cs
> > pcmcia_core            51336  3 yenta_socket,airo_cs,ds
> > b44                    19781  0
> > mii                     3777  1 b44
> > ipt_REJECT              5057  1
> > ipt_state               1857  2
> > ip_conntrack           25569  1 ipt_state
> > iptable_filter          2369  1
> > ip_tables              13889  3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
> > sg                     28513  0
> > scsi_mod              105360  1 sg
> > dm_mod                 47317  0
> > uhci_hcd               28505  0
> > ehci_hcd               27973  0
> > button                  4825  0
> > battery                 7117  0
> > asus_acpi               9177  0
> > ac                      3533  0
> > i830                   67781  2
> > md5                     3905  1
> > ipv6                  217349  8
> > ext3                   96937  2
> > jbd                    66521  1 ext3
> > 
> > #) /etc/modprobe.conf output :
> > 
> > alias eth0 b44
> > alias eth1 airo_cs
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> > install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
> > /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> > remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> > /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> > alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >                  ---Tapas
> > 
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> 
> First, this is a fairly old version of Alsa. I would strongly suggest
> upgrading to Alsa-1.0.6a if possible. That said the results are fairly
> strange. It seems that most or all of the drivers are loaded. Can you
> please try (as root)
> 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop
> /etc/rc.d/init.d alsasound start
> 
> and send back the results. It might let us see what driver is not
> modprobing correctly.
> 
> (I did those paths from memory. Please adjust if necessary.)
> 
> - Mark


    I couldn't find "alsasound" service in my box. I was searching for the 
"alsa1.0.6a" rpms, but couldn't get a proper source rpm to install. Could 
you please suggest where to get it and which rpms/srpms I need to instll. 
I am using 2.6.8-1.521 kernel on fedora 2. Thanks for the help.

       ---Tapas