Install Sound Card Driver Problems

Hello,

I just got a new mobo, it’s a M2N-Sli. I did a reinstall of Suse 10.3 and it didn’t pick up my onboard sound, or any sound card for that matter. I went to install my chipset drivers that was included on my the driver cd that came with my motherboard.

Steps Taken:

  1. Ran NFORCE-Linux-x86-1[1].0-0311-pkg1.run
    Su to root and issued Sh NFORCE-Linux-x86-1[1].0-0311-pkg1.run
    in the console. Selected to install the Nvidia Audio Drivers.
  2. Following Errors messages:

  ERROR: The kernel header file
         '/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build/include/linux/kernel.h' does
         not exist.  The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source
         path '/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build' is incorrect.  Please
         make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel;
         on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
         'kernel-source' rpm installed.  If you know the correct kernel source
         files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
         '--kernel-source-path' commandline option

  1. Used yast to reinstall my kernel sources… No Luck still not picking up the kernel sources.

  2. Used the following error messages, and manually found my kernel sources and specified the directory. Issued


sh NFORCE-Linux-x86-1\[1\].0-0311-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2/include/linux/kernel.h                                           

Still said it couldn’t find my kernel source.

  1. If this helps here is the error Log:

force-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-nforce-installer.log'
creation time: Wed Oct  8 17:30:55 2008

option status:
  license pre-accepted      : false
  expert                    : false
  uninstall                 : false
  driver info               : false
  no precompiled interface  : false
  no ncurses color          : false
  no questions              : false
  silent                    : false
  Installer install prefix  : /usr
  kernel source path        :
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2/include/linux/kernel.h
  net kernel install path   : (not specified)
  audio kernel install path : (not specified)
  proc mount point          : /proc
  ui                        : (not specified)
  tmpdir                    : /tmp

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> Found package NVIDIA audio driver for Linux-x86
-> Found package NVIDIA network driver for Linux-x86
-> Please select packages for installation:
   Selections:
   NVIDIA audio driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-8)
   NVIDIA network driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-13)
-> Starting install of NVIDIA audio driver for Linux-x86
-> Checking for loaded module nvsound
-> Checking for loaded module nvaudio
-> License accepted.
-> Skipping check for conflicting rpms.
-> /proc/version is Linux version 2.6.22.5-31-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc
   version 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
   that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Using the kernel source path
   '/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2/include/linux/kernel.h' as specified by the
   '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
ERROR: The kernel source path
       '/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.18-0.2/include/linux/kernel.h' does not exist. 
       Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
       kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
       'kernel-source' rpm installed.  If you know the correct kernel source
       files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
       '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.

Any help would be apprecated :slight_smile: Give me my music!! :smiley:

Thanks,

Hoso0011

Hi
Shot in the dark as I’m not running 10.3 but have you installed the
linux-kernel-headers, kernel-syms?

Also do the output of uname -a match the kernel it’s pointing to in the
command


ls -la /usr/src/linux


Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 11.0 x86 Kernel 2.6.25.16-0.1-default
up 11:32, 1 user, load average: 0.68, 0.25, 0.14
GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 177.80

I didn’t have kernel-syms installed, installed it. Still didn’t work, same error.

Output of ls -la /usr/src/linux

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2008-10-08 16:46 /usr/src/linux -> linux-2.6.22.18-0.2

Output of uname -a

Linux linux-g9md 2.6.22.5-31-default #1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Any other ideas?

Thanks, :wink:

Hoso0011

Are you trying to install your graphics? or your sound? If your sound, try working your way through the openSUSE audio troubleshooting guide:
SDB:AudioTroubleshooting - openSUSE

At first I was surprised your M2N-Sli works under 10.3 at all. I note from the Linux incompatibility list:
Motherboards
ASUS M2N-E SLI (KERNEL < 2.6.20) listed.

But then I noted the "KERNEL < 2.6.20 " and openSUSE-10.3 comes with 2.6.22.18-0.2 after updates.

So I recommend you try the troubleshooting guide and let us know how it works out.