Soundcard VIA ac97 doesn't work

[Jim Cornette]

Thiago Vinhas de Moraes wrote:
>   Hi all!
> 
> When I try to run /usr/bin/system-config-soundcard to configure my 
> soundcard on Fedora Core 1 with the latest kernel 2.6.1 from rawhide, I 
> get the following error:
> 
> The via82cxxx_audio driver could not be loaded.  This soundcard may not 
> be compatible with Red Hat Linux.
> 
> I tried updating the system-config-soundcard package for the latest from 
> rawhide, but got the same error. How to put my sound working on Fedora 1 
> with kernel 2.6?
> 
> Regards,
> Thiago

You need to change to alsa sound drivers. I have an ac97 card and it is 
working by adding the following lines to etc/modprobe.conf

alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install sound-slot-0 && 
/bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

alternatively you can add these lines to /etc/rc.local

modprobe snd-seq-oss
modprobe snd-pcm-oss
modprobe snd_intel8x0

I tried them both and either method will produce sound.

You might also have to change your sound output for your audio device to 
use alsa drivers also.

system-config-soundcard is not updated yet to work with alsa and the 2.6 
kernel had the oss drivers disabled.

You will be emulating oss drivers via alsa. Confusing! Yes! But it 
should work.

Jim

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