Bug 309103 – x86_64 just built new kernel r10. having problems with alsa

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description edwards 2010-03-12 07:54:44 UTC]

alsa can not load drivers. no sound card detected

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge --sync
2.cd /usr/src/linux
3.make && make modules_install


Actual Results:  
after building 2.6.31-r10. alsa drivers will not load

Expected Results:  
drivers load

i built the r10 kernel just like i did r6 and i had no problems with alsa

[Comment 1 Christopher Harvey 2010-03-13 06:46:54 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> alsa can not load drivers. no sound card detected
> 
> Reproducible: Always

As an amd64 alsa user I haven't had this problem. Try using a different kernel config. I like to use pappys seeds when something breaks, to see if it's just me. 
http://www.kernel-seeds.org/

I actually did the r6 to r10 transition too. 

[Comment 2 edwards 2010-03-15 07:25:51 UTC]

thank you for the seeds link. just to update.
alsa in now working. when i configured the kernel with menuconfig. i still had no luck.
if i looked in the kernel config. there seemed to be no info there on sound. even
dough i had added it by way of menuconfig
i manually opened up the config file and added the relevant stuff.
rebuilt kernel. alsa is working.

[Comment 3 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn 2010-03-24 00:13:45 UTC]

Please provide kernel config and list of files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` if the problem still exists.
Also use "make oldconfig" when transferring a kernel config from an old to a new kernel.