No sound. Intel 82801BA/BAM AC '97. revisited.

[Nat Gross]

Edward wrote:

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> Nat Gross wrote:
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>> Nat Gross wrote:
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>>> Ok, friends. It's time to sound off. (umm.. I mean sound ON. How 
>>> long can I go without sound?)
>>> I have followed various threads about this but I have never got 
>>> sound with Linux on this machine, whose sound hardware is working 
>>> under dualboot Windoz.
>>> Hardware: Dell 4500 with 82801BA/BAM AC'97.
>>> OS: FC3 2.6.10-1.770
>>> I have followed the advice as far as muting headphone and line-jack 
>>> sense, to no avail.
>>> Also, when running the sound-detection applet, I have tried 
>>> answering yes or no, with no results.
>>>
>>> My /etc/modprobe.conf:
>>> alias eth0 3c59x
>>> alias eth1 dmfe
>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
>>> options snd-card-0 index=0
>>> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && 
>>> /usr/sbin/a lsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; 
>>> }; /sbin/mo dprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>>> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
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>> Seems like this is beyond help on fc3. Do I have a better chance with 
>> sound on FC4T1?
>> Thanks;
>> -nat
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> Just my 2c on this - I HOPE SO.
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> Sound is a major problem on FC3. I'm sick of having to work around it. 
> Why on earth the mixer has those weird defaults which simply don't 
> work is beyond me.
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> Basically the only way I can get sound to work is:
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> 1> Detect the sound card.
> 2> Use alsa-mixer to unmute all and pump the volumes up to the highest 
> possible.

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCCESS! (Another reason to 
dual boot into Windoz - gone.)

> 3> Use alsa save command to then save those settings.

I didn't see any save command, but it works.

> 4> Then in my rc.local I run the alsa restore command to load them up 
> at boot-up.

I'll need to google rc.local.
Thank you much!
-nat