----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:48
AM
Subject: Sound problem under Mandrake
Linux 2006 installation - urgent help needed
Hi Support,
I am computer engineer helping a client to
install his Mandrake Linux with problem.
Pls help!
I was running Mandrake Linux 2006
distrbution(free) consisting of 3 disks without great problem except without
sound. Dual-boot option with Window Xp
Prof smoothly. But after installed it gives no sound in
Linux. But there
is no sound problem in Window Xp
Prof.
I need your advice.
I am giving you the following
info:
My desktop specs:
HP Pavilion Celeron 466Mhz 128MB
DIMM
sound hardware on board
video graphic onbaord
Hdd 40GB
$lsmod
indicated no snd-x drivers
installed
$cat
/proc/asound/version
showed Alsa version
installed
Advanced Linux found Architecture Driver
Version 1.0.9b
$ cat /
proc/asound/cards
---showed no sound
card----
When Linux bootup, building processes
showed 2 errors in [FATAL] flags
1. Starting ALSA version 1.0.9b:
(riptide) start servicce sound (Y)/(N)/(C) ? (Y)
Loading sound module(snd-riptide) FATAL:
Module snd-riptide not found
Fatal: Error running install command for
snd-riptide [Fatal]
Alsactl: save-state:1163:No soundcards
found...
Can't open /root/tmp/asound.state-tmp: No
such file or directory [Fatal]
Tried using Mandrake Control Center
auto-hardware detection showed sound information as:
Name: Riptide Audio
Device
showed driver used:
snd-riptide
However, Linux returned with error
while initialising the sound driver:
Device /dev/dsp can't be opened( no such file
or directory)
When inspecting /dev there sn't any dsp file
existed.
$lspci |grep -i audio
showed audio controller Rockwell
International Riptide PCI Audio Controller
I have also tried to download;
alsa-driver-0.4.1e.tar.gz alsa-lib-0.4.1d.tar.gz and alsa-utils-0.4.1.tar.gz
and followed instruction to install.
But met error while installing
alsa-lib-0.4.1d ./configure : configure:error:install
alsa-driver-v0.30pre5+package first...
However i tried to look for v0.30 on your ftp
site not found this version.
Furthermore, i could not locate the
exact manufcaturer of soundcard in your Alsa sound card driver pages so cannot
really load the right
driver. What should I
do?
Lastly the bottom line is the system could
not detect a soundcard.--- it always showed no soundcard
found.
Pls suggest ways of fixing this problem and
thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Claude
YU
