modprobe snd-cmipci Results in the message: FATAL: Error inserting snd_cmipci (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r9/alsa-driver/pci/snd-cmipci.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) dmesg is a little more informative, it provides snd_cmipci: Unknown symbol snd_verbose_printk
The bug report form asks you to include the "emerge --info" output to every bug that you file. Please do so. It would also be useful if you could describe your setup and situation better - where does the snd-cmipci module which you are trying to load come from?
The comments provided in make menuconfig give this for snd_cmipci: CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI: If you want to use soundcards based on C-Media CMI8338 or CMI8738 chips, say Y here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called snd-cmipci. x Symbol: SND_CMIPCI [=m] Prompt: C-Media 8738, 8338 Defined at sound/pci/Kconfig:315 Depends on: !M68K && SOUND!=n && PCI && SND Location: -> Device Drivers -> Sound -> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture -> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (SND [=m]) -> PCI devices Selects: SND_OPL3_LIB && SND_MPU401_UART && SND_PCM ============ The emerge --info (Don't thnk it will be very helpful, but ...?) Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 242 Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre6 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo http://gentoo.binarycompass.org" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa amd64 apache2 audiofile avi bash-completion bcmath berkdb bitmap-fonts blas bmp bonobo bzip2 calendar cdr crypt ctype cups curl dbus dga divx-linux dvd dvdr eds emacs emul-linux86 encode esd fam fastcgi fbcon foomaticdb fortran ftp gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde kerberos lapack lesstif libwww lzw lzw-tiff mbox mcal mime mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg mpi mysql mysqli ncurses nls nocd nptl nvidia offensive openal opengl osc oscar oss pam pdflib perl png portaudio ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl sharedmem sockets source sox speex spell ssl svg symlink tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vhosts xine xml2 xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Ok - so you are trying to use the in-kernel alsa drivers, but you have the portage package "media-sound/alsa-driver" installed, or at least, did once have it installed - which is correct?
I'm in the process of doing a new install. (Dual Opterons with 4GB of memory have hazards I was not aware of and I have had to do a new install. If you have compiled a kernel with CONIG_GART_IOMMU and set the bios to use one contiguous block, and then go back to the installation disk in that configuration to run fsck, I think one can expect trouble. At least that is what I got!) But (back to the point) I believe I was trying to use the in-kernel alsa AND the portage package "media-sound/alsa-driver". From the last comment I'm guessing that is not to be done. It still seems strange to me that modprobe would give the result it did. For anyone else coming along here, you might post which of these two approaches is likely to be best.
I suggest you read the documentation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml
I'm very sorry to have troubled you. All works at it should.
