On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:48, Scott wrote: > On Sunday 23 June 2002 12:28 am, you wrote: > > On Saturday 22 June 2002 05:32 pm, you wrote: > > > Scott wrote: > > > >On Saturday 22 June 2002 01:36 pm, you wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 22 June 2002 11:58 am, Ralph Slooten wrote: > > > >>>Soundblaster? It's about the most well known one around, and > > > >>>although Linux may not support the latest top of the range cards, > > > >>>you implied that you wanted a cheaper, so I would just go for an > > > >>>older sort. They are cheap. As far as easy to configure... > > > >>>auto-detected should be easy enough ;-) > > > >>> > > > >>>Greetings > > > >>>Ralph > > > >>> > > > >>>On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Scott wrote: > > > >>>>Can someone please recommend a decent, fairly cheap sound card > > > >>>>that is easy to configure with 8.1? Using compaq 5220 pc. > > > >>>>Appreciate it, > > > >>>>SW > > > >> > > > >>http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hres2.html#Sound > > > >> > > > >> has two links, one for OSS and one for ALSA. Check out both for > > > >>supported devices, but I'd try for a card supported by ALSA. You > > > >>should also take a look inside that Compaq to see if you have > > > >>available pci and/or isa slots, what IRQ's are free, and if the > > > >>Compaq currently has onboard sound... can it be disabled in bios? > > > >>Make sure you don't buy anything that needs closed source proprietary > > > >>drivers. > > > > > > > >Looking in my bios, I don't see anything that looks like it disables > > > > my on-board sound. What does that mean? Some sort of unpleasantness > > > > I'm sure... SW > > > > > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Well if you have on-board sound it may be posible to use it. A number > > > of ALSA drivers/configurations are non-working at the moment, but often > > > the alternaticve OSS drivers do work. Do you have linux installed > > > already? If so let's see > > > > > > cat /etc/modules.conf > > > > > > and > > > > > > lspcidrake > > > > > > outputs > > > > > > Just run those in a terminal window, highlight the output with a mouse, > > > then middle-click it onto your mail composition. > > > > > > Civileme > > > > Here's the output: > > > > cat /etc/modules.conf > > > > pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start > > alias usb-interface usb-uhci > > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi > > alias eth0 8139too > > > > and: > > > > lspcidrake > > agpgart : VIA Technologies|VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] > > unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP] > > 8139too : Accton|SMC2-1211TX > > unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] > > unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] > > usb-uhci : VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB > > unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C586B ACPI > > Card:ATI Mach64 : ATI|3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 > > unknown : Virtual|Hub [] > > scanner : Seiko Epson Corp.|Perfection 1240U [] > > > > BTW, I don't have that scanner running, I didn't know that it was > > detected. Thanks, > > SW > > From the output, any hope of getting the onboard sound working in 8.1? > > Thanks, > SW
Heres mine: VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] This is the model: quoted from harddrake. 8.2 found and installed it perfectly on install. The KDE load up sound just about made me soil my undies. It had been that long since i had heard anything. Really not sure about differences between a *586 and *686 board. -- Michael
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