On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:38:10 +0100
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 18 April 2002 20:47, you wrote:
<big snip>
> Thanks,
> I have a MSI K7T266 Pro2 Mobo which has via 8233 AC97 soundchip built into
> the board.
> Upon install LM8.2 seems to configure an OSS driver which works,but only with
> one item, namely the CD player. Nothing else seems connected to the system.
> There is no Mandrake sound for the OS, no Xcdroast , no midi player,
> you name it it doesn't work. It does not seem to be anything to do with
> unmuting.
> So what am I to do, several suggestions later someone said configure the
> alsa sound driver, instead of the OSS driver,which I think I have achieved.
> Certainly kernel configure and KDE sound believe it is running.
> It makes no difference whether ARTS is enabled or disabled.
> There does not seem to be any sndconfig command line facility.
> The website mentioned previously says add
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-via8233
> post-install snd-slot-0 snd-pcm-oss to modules.conf,
> but although this does help to bring alsa to live as a driver
> It appears in the boot script now,
> Nothing including the CD player works.
> I don't actually have any sound at all.
> However I think it should work, something is amiss,
> but I am fast running out of ideas.
> Installing the latest alsa driver was just one idea.
> Reconfigure the modules.conf file to include lines about
> amixer set Master 22 unmute
> amixer set Master Mono 22 unmute
> amixer set Input Gain 22 unmute
> amixer set Aux 22 unmute
> amixer set Line 22 unmute
> amixer set PCM 22 unmute was another,
> but when I do this I get lots of "failed" script at boot time,
> with comments about line this and that being unrecognised.
> The only clue I can find is in configure KDE-info-sound,
> two lines, synth dev:not enabled in config
> midi dev : not enabled in config
> possibly modules.conf needs additional lines to achieve this ?
> I suspect the alsa sound driver is there and running but no sound
> device is connecting with it.
> Is it anything to do with AC97 ?
> I don't know ?
>
> regards,
> John
Uhm, what modules are loaded (check with '/sbin/lsmod')? And what's in
/etc/modules.conf? Can you use K -> multimedia -> sound -> Sound Mixer?
Good luck getting this to work!
-Frans
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