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

When I run system-config-soundcard I get this error. My soundcard is 
working. System-config soundcard is not working properly yet.

You might try to look up information regarding your card and alsa 
drivers. My card needs oss emulation drivers to work.

I used this information from a post that Warren Togami posted earlier. I 
believe that the oss emulation drivers are common links, regardless of 
the card selected. You might try loading the modules for OSS emulation. 
(And file a bug report, initscripts and system-config-soundcard)

wt> I just noticed a different problem though.  While the ALSA
wt> snd_intel8x0 driver is loaded automatically, the OSS compatibilty
wt> modules like  snd-pcm-oss and snd-seq-oss are not loaded
wt> automatically, so stuff wt> like esd that is compiled for OSS output 
wt> fails.

Jim