getting soundcard to work

[Robin Laing]

James Van Dooren wrote:
> Old enough. So do you think there is a work around.:"?
> Is OSS an option maybe?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Dekkers" 
> <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:39 AM
> Subject: Re: getting soundcard to work
> 
> 
>> jim at alboradaimports.com wrote:
>>
>>> linux:~ # lspci
>>> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 
>>> 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
>>> bridge (AGP disabled) (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
>>> 0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160
>>> [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
>>> 0000:00:06.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
>>> 0000:00:06.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE 
>>> (rev 01)
>>> 0000:00:06.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 
>>> USB (rev
>>> 01)
>>> 0000:00:06.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
>>> linux:~ #
>>>
>>> Here is my output
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>
>> 440BX Chipset?
>>
>> This is back in the days of Pentium IIs.
>>
>> ISA Bridge?
>>
>> Just how old is this Thinkpad?
>>
>> I'm getting a nasty feeling the sound card may be tied to the ISA bus,
>> which is going to make it quite difficult to get going I think.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ed.
>>
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 

Just a guess and something to try.

Check the box for "External Amplifier" in ALSA to on and see if that 
helps?  It helped on my Toshiba.

You will have to add it to your mixer settings from the preferences.

Good luck.

-- 
Robin Laing