-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 03 June 2002 01:49 pm, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Bert van Ooijen wrote: > > As a newbie, I've been struggling to get my VIA 8233 onboard sound > > working on my freshly installed Debian Woody system. > > According to the Documentation/sound/VIA-chipset file in the linux src > directory, the VIA chipset is flaky (even under other OS's); but that file > does describe the workaround which has been implemented. > > [...] > > > According to everyone I've got to install the ALSA package, which I > > did. > > I have an OPL3 chipset in my laptop, and spent a very frustrating week > trying to get it to work with ALSA and a 2.4.18 kernel. No combination of > configs worked, so I abandoned ALSA in favor of kernel-based sound, and it > worked. After reading that Doc file, you may find that's the way for you > to go too. > > > Maybe someone can write a good installation script/manual/howto etc. > > to once and for all settle this subject? > > I'm no newbie, but the ALSA documentation seems to me to presume too > much! Since you already know how to reconfigure your kernel, you may find > compiling VIA support into the kernel more intuitive! > > Patrick
Greetings: Excellent info. I have the same via chip(ette) on this mainboard, and so far, have been unable to make it function. If you do get yours working with either drivers, could you drop a note to the list and let us know? Tnx and best regards. tatah - -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8+/VBZHBxKsta6kMRAiBuAJ0fJxDcJfzva4z1+1wqW+wIwh6/DACeLkkg oivPp6G61jfpQNDpWbylBJA= =q6Bp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
