James wrote: > >>Probably not the case, since lspci detects the 8237 chip, but did you >>enable the audio chipset in the mobo BIOS? > > Un, no, how do you do that? Since windoz was never installed, I > doubt this has been done...
It is motherboard-specific, I can only tell you how I do it on my Asus K8V: at power-up hit the DEL key to enter the BIOS setup, then go to the "Onboard devices Configuration" and set "AC97 audio" to enabled. Anyway, here's my relevant configuration: # relevant dmesg Jun 12 20:53:36 kernel: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.8 (Thu Jan 13 09:39:32 2005 UTC). Jun 12 20:53:36 kernel: ALSA device list: Jun 12 20:53:36 kernel: #0: VIA 8237 with AD1980 at 0xcc00, irq 22 # lspci 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) # relevant /usr/src/linx/.config CONFIG_SND=y CONFIG_SND_TIMER=y CONFIG_SND_PCM=y CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=y CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=y # CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER is not set # CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS is not set # CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS is not set CONFIG_SND_BIT32_EMUL=y CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=y # CONFIG_SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK is not set # CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=y CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=y # CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX_MODEM is not set # cat make.conf | grep ALSA # (not sure what this is needed for, since I use the kernel's ALSA) ALSA_CARDS="via82xx" # grub.conf kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r8 devfs=mount snd-via82xx.dxs_support=2 The "dxs_support" kernel boot option is required only if you want to get 5.1 sound out of the 8237. There are some resources on the web that explain why it is so, I should be able to dig them out if you need. For now I think you have higher priorities (i.e. make the sound work :-) raf -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
