8.10: SiS AC'97 soundcard no longer detected

[David M]

Daniel T Chen wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.user 
>
> So the thing to note here is that your installed 2.6.25 kernel lacks any 
> sound modules loaded.  In fact, not even the glue layer module, 
> soundcore.ko, is loaded.  This is indicative of [at least] one of two 
> common errors:
> 1) There are, in fact, no sound-related modules installed in 
> /lib/modules/2.6.25-2-386;

(Just for the record, in case it helps anybody to diagnose possible 
problems in the upgrade process)

/lib/modules/2.6.25-2-386/kernel/sound/ does contain:

ac97_bus.ko  soundcore.ko

I obviously have no idea why these weren't being picked up.. :-(


> 2) A self-compiled (from upstream ftp.alsa-project.org or a snapshot 
> from Takashi's kernel.org area) alsa-driver is fubar.

No, my system is almost entirely vanilla, I don't dare mess with
installing kernels or modules myself. :-)


> You can pretty easily regain sound in your installed Ubuntu Intrepid by 
> reinstalling the linux-generic package, ensuring that the latest 
> available Intrepid kernel is installed, and afterward, rebooting.  At 
> this writing, you'll need at least linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic from 
> intrepid-security installed.

*Many thanks*, I did just that and installed that kernel image package
(which brought in a firmware package and another one which I've
forgotten already (kernel-headers, perhaps?)) and now my sound is
working again absolutely perfectly!

I do really appreciate you taking the time to help me out with this.
Now I can listen to the radio or to music on my computer again! :-D

I can only wonder why the upgrade didn't work properly in this regard.

Thanks again for all your help,


David.

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