On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 13:07, B Lauber wrote: > > > >>The snd-via82xx module causes my system to hard lock at boot time. If > >I > > > >>switch to the oss-equivalent sound driver ( via82cxxx_audio ), my > >system > > > >>boots just fine. > > > >> > > > >>BTW, My sound card is a ‎VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio]. > > > >> > > > >>If anyone has any idea why this driver would cause my system to hard > >lock, > > > >>I would be very thankful for the input. I would like to use the alsa > > > >>drivers because they appear to be designed with software suspend in > >mind > > > >>(at least, that's the way it appears from parsing the suspend > >scripts). > > > >> > > > >>_________________________________________________________________ > > > >>MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > > > >>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I just wanted to give an update on the status of this problem. > >Apparently, > > > >the driver is configured wrongly during installation by drakx. As I > >stated > > > >above, I instead installed the oss equivalent driver and was able to > > > >successfully get through the system install. If I go back later and > >change > > > >the driver back to the alsa driver using draksound, then the driver is > > > >reconfigured perfectly. Thus, I now have sound via alsa. > > > > > > > >So for me, this is no longer a problem; for new users, the drakx > >installer > > > >needs to be corrected so that this driver is correctly configured (it > >would > > > >be discouraging to Linux newbies if their system hardlocked on the > >first > > > >boot). > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I have one more quick update and a question: > > > I have been able to get the alsa driver to successfully suspend and > >recover > > > if I set the following flags in /etc/sysconfig/suspend: > > > > > > RESTORE_SOUND="yes" > > > SOUND_MODULES="sb uart401 sound soundcore maestro cs4281 > > > > > > If RESTORE_SOUND="no" , then only the left sound channel recovers from a > > > suspend (even then, this channel sounds like it has experienced an > >upward > > > pitch shift). The only problem with setting RESTORE_SOUND="yes" is that > >it > > > causes the gnome Control Volume applet to die when I reenter xfree86. > >Since > > > this is sorta annoying, I'd like to be able to just get rid of the > >applet > > > and instead configure some laptop function keys to control my volume. > >Does > > > anyone know how I would go about doing this? > > > >On my laptop the same "system" of volume control works as in the manual > >for me it's fn-f5 and then the left and right arrow keys. Have you > >tried to do it this way... IOW the way the manual says? > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's how my system is supposed to work, but those buttons are not > automatically configured under Linux. I saw some documentation about > configuring the function keys when I was a Linux newbie, but I haven't been > able to relocate it. >
Try this link. http://134.76.25.165/~woelz/linux/kbd/tastatur.html found it via linux-laptop.net aka linux-on-laptops.com James
