Soundcard VIA ac97 doesn't work
Dirk Wendland
dirk.wendland at nexgo.de
Sat Feb 14 08:51:59 UTC 2004
You can also use the tool alsaconf to use your Soundcard with alsa
Greetings
Dirk
Am Sa, den 14.02.2004 schrieb Jim Cornette um 06:00:
> 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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