[K12OSN] can't get sound on Dell GX1's using K12LTSP v 5

[Peter Hartmann]

If you have any more you need to use try this:

"cs4232 io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1"

Peter

On 4/6/07, Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:
> Timothy Legge wrote:
> > On 4/4/07, Jim Anderson <jand689 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been trying to get sound without success.  I have a room full of
> >> DellGX1 computers.  According to
> >> Dell's specs, and as confirmed with a Knoppix live CD, the sound chip
> >> is a
> >> CS4236.  I have changed my lts.conf to reflect this.  here's the relevant
> >> section:
> >>
> >
> > I finally got the sound in a Dell with the CS4236 working by disabling the
> > onboard sound and inserting a new $12.00 PCI sound card.  After a number of
> > hours I decided that it was no longer worth my time.  The ALSA that Peter
> > mentioned recognized the new card immediately and works great.
> >
> > While I welcome Dell's possible entrance into selling Linux, I really hope
> > they contribute what ever is necessary to make their hardware work well...
>
> Keep in mind that the GX1's are ancient. The only issue with the CS4236
> is that it sits on the ISA bus on the motherboard so the PCI scan done
> by modern linux versions won't find the right settings.  If you supply
> the module parameters it should still work.  There is probably some
> pattern to the MAC address range on these boxes.  Is there a way to do a
> setting in lts.conf that applies to a range instead of a specific address?
>
> And one great thing about Dell is that they make bios updates and other
> downloads available forever.  The original GX1 bios had a problem with
> PXE booting, but you can still get the update to fix it.
>
>
> --
>    Les Mikesell
>     les at futuresource.com
>
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