Help finding device...

[christian.ampenberger at comcast.net (Chris Ampenberger)]

Billy SG McCarthy said:
> No, it's not true.  Dmesg tells you that the system
> recognizes there is *something* there, but you need
> the proper driver modules to make the hardware do
> stuff.  Until then, the kernel is merely relaying info
> it gets from the hardware, not actually interacting
> with it.
>
>
> --- Scott Ehrlich <scott at ehrlichtronics.com> wrote:
>> Custom kernel, and I always compile static-ly.
>>
>> I would have thought that if the kernel saw the
>> device through dmesg, that
>> it would be somewhat easy to figure out the
>> corresponding /dev.   Not
>> true?
>>
>

Yes, this tells you only that the kernel has found some hardware, but not neccessarily
that a driver is there to handle the hardware. If you use alsa, use lsmod to see whether
all the sound modules are loaded, especially the i810 module.

> =====
> "Whoa what I want to know, how does the song go?"
> --The Grateful Dead--
>
> Kindly yours,
> Billy S G McCarthy
>
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