Check http://www.alsa-project.org ----> documentation
I had the same problem when I played with the drivers about a year ago .. and
found the answer in a cryptic statement in the docs. Sorry - can't recall
the process to get it working. I think there is some info on kwmsound that
might help.
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> Hi! I read the thread on Alsa and AC97 with interest. I also have one
> of the Athlon systems with the Via 82C686A sound chipsets. As I
> understand it, this chip is not supported by the OSS drivers
> installed as part of Mandrake 7.2 but it is supported by the Alsa
> drivers. Based on the advice from the thread I was able to remove the
> existing sound modules and modprobe the appropriate Alsa modules
> unfortunately I have some device problems. The Alsa Player will play
> wav sounds now but none of the other sound programs such as Xmms will
> work. None of the graphical mixers will work either.
>
> I am not that far into a fresh install so I am willing to go either
> way. I need to figure out how to get a fresh Mandrake 7.2
> installation to install the Alsa drivers appropriately to begin with,
> or I need to figure out how to move ahead and get the rest of the
> devices using the Alsa driver and devices. Is there someone out there
> who would be willing to point me in the right direction to do one or
> the other of these tasks? Thanks.
>
> Traci
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