depmod failed ASUS A7N8X 3c90x-102

[TimeTraveler]

Hi,

Getting closer to having Debian on my system.
Everything seems to work except my onboard ethernet and onboard sound.

I found the Linux info on the supplied CD-ROM with the ASUS board. I've compiled the object, but have gotten an error message on the install from depmod saying there's
"unresolved symbols".

I also notice on booting that during the scroll it mentions it cannot load the Alsa sound driver.

Distro: Debian (Woody)
Kernel: 2.2.x
mboard: ASUS A7N8X-X

Do I need to upgrade my kernel? Can I do that from the 7+1 CD-ROMs I have? What are the exact commands?

Sean aka TimeTraveler aka "Learning more about installing Debian than I care to..."


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[weevilofdoom]

I would definitely recommend updating the kernel, as a 2.2.x kernel as far as I know has very bad (if at all) support for ALSA drivers. The 2.4.x kernels are ok - but really I recommend the 2.6.x kernel, because there are a lot of improvements (obviously). With a new kernel, you should have no problems with your audio - but to setup a new kernel is different for every distro. I myself don't use debian, but I'm sure the steps are pretty close.

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.2.tar.bz2

here's a link to said 2.6.x kernel

Unzip your kernel source,
enter your directory,

make mrproper (don't have to do this, but it helps)
make menuconfig (so you can choose your modules/options)
make dep (take care of dependencies)
make clean (just because you want a clean compile - don't have to do this one every time, if only changing a few options in your kernel)

make bzImage (make your kernel image)
make modules (compile your modules)
make modules_install (install your modules)

then you just replace your System.map objects with the new ones compiled, and point your bootloader to load the new kernel up - not too bad

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