Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
thank you for the tips. i tried it and still don't have audio (of any flavor (cd, mp3, etc)). this is what my /etc/modules.conf looks like: alias net-pf-4 ipx alias usb-interface usb-ohci alias eth0 8139too alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio alias char-major-81 bttv alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci alias tvcard0 bttv you'll notice that i set it back to the original configuration. i had set it to your suggestions and rebooted (can you tell i an a newbie :^( ) by the way, all i get is static on my tv card. it works fine on my copy of monopolistic,_you_will_be_assimilated,_you_will_go_today, _crashdoze_O.S. my system: the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets amd athlon xp 1700+ 256 mb ddr ram (1 stick) 64 mb nvidia gforce 2 w/ tv out 40 gb seagate h.d. 16x dvd 8x cd (don't need any faster for music (or i'm cheap :^)) floppy On Monday 08 July 2002 01:57 pm, you wrote: iggy wrote: Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the sound card (chip) was a via 8233. 2nd attempt ,08.07.02,19.00hrs BST Go to /etc/modules.conf with a text editor and add:- # ALSA native device support alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233 If there is anythy other sound chip support, hash (#) it out. Then go to Mandrake control center and make sure you have aRts enabled, if you want multi chanel sound configuration. Then go to the sound mixer app in kstart menu and make sure all the led's are bright green ( not midgreen which is the default, and rather confusing). Good quality sound is then enabled. The via 8233 sound chip is OK and once the above is enabled it works flawlessly john Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
iggy wrote: thank you for the tips. i tried it and still don't have audio (of any flavor (cd, mp3, etc)). this is what my /etc/modules.conf looks like: alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio I think this is a suggestion, you are supposed to amend it but # it out and I still think the following is correct. # ALSA native device support alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233 my system: the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets via 8233 is the sound chip and it comes with AC 97 audiocodec Go to /etc/modules.conf with a text editor and add:- # ALSA native device support alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233 If there is anythy other sound chip support, hash (#) it out. Then go to Mandrake control center and make sure you have aRts enabled, if you want multi channel sound configuration. did you check this Then go to the sound mixer app in kstart menu and make sure all the led's are bright green ( not midgreen which is the default, and rather confusing). did you do this well I still think vis8233 is your sound chip. I have a msi mobo like you, not quite the same , but very similar. The sound works perfectly on alsa sound driver , arts enabled ,mixer leds are bright green ( oh , and by the way having set the leds to bright green, did you move your cursor over the window header and right mouse click down to store settings) Nothing else is necessary for me. All devices work flawlessly, I have multichannel support , all sound stream types work, all system sound works. All DVD devices sound work, I have them all, grip works, even xcdroast play sound works. Maybe something doesn't but I haven't found one yet. I cannot see what difference there is between our two setups I have msi k7t266pro2 with raid. my onboard sound chip is via 8233 you haven't mentioned having AC97 codec , but I bet you do have it ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
iggy wrote: thank you for the tips. i tried it and still don't have audio (of any flavor (cd, mp3, etc)). this is what my /etc/modules.conf looks like: alias net-pf-4 ipx alias usb-interface usb-ohci alias eth0 8139too alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio alias char-major-81 bttv alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci alias tvcard0 bttv you'll notice that i set it back to the original configuration. i had set it to your suggestions and rebooted (can you tell i an a newbie :^( ) by the way, all i get is static on my tv card. it works fine on my copy of monopolistic,_you_will_be_assimilated,_you_will_go_today, _crashdoze_O.S. my system: the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets amd athlon xp 1700+ 256 mb ddr ram (1 stick) 64 mb nvidia gforce 2 w/ tv out 40 gb seagate h.d. 16x dvd 8x cd (don't need any faster for music (or i'm cheap :^)) floppy Actually, an 8X CD is nicer in many ways that the bigger numbers. For occasionally accessing data on CD it is _faster_ than a 52X because almost all 8Xs never spin down, and the 52s must or tear the media and themselves apart. An 8X is also quieter running. The 8233 requires special procedures. Here is the web site. http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=17threadid=4285 I don't know what your TV card is but the chipset on your Mobo has a broken clock which can cause a host of problems with a real multitasking OS. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
civileme wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: civileme wrote: the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets amd athlon xp 1700+ I don't know what your TV card is but the chipset on your Mobo has a broken clock which can cause a host of problems with a real multitasking OS. Civileme Civileme, do you know what is the status of the work-around attempts for the clock bug in the newer versions of the kernel? Since I have this particular VIA chipset (like a large number of other mandrake users), I'm very interested in hearing any news about any progress or lack thereof... Thanks, Narfi. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Wish I did have that info--it is on the ALi Magic Chipsets as well as the KT266A. I believe the expert archives do have a workarouns for the BT848, but filesystem corruption is another symptom and these boards are currently useless for some journaling filesystems... but seem to work OK with ext2. Civileme Can you please elaborate a little bit? ... you said something interesting that I haven't heard before... I know that filesystem corruption can occur if one overloads the PCI bus [because of the timer bug], and that one way to overload the PCI bus is with a TV card. However, I haven't heard anything about different behaviour of different filesystems w.r.t. corruption. In particular, I switched to ext3 myself since I was willing to trade speed for some security against crashes. Was I misled in my thinking there? Have you perhaps run experiments with these chipsets in your lab? Narfi. ps. I've been trying to follow the discussions on the lkml about the clock bug, it pops up sporadically, there are patches floating around, but I haven't seen any concrete data about their effectiveness. I'm still hoping the situation will improve before 9.0, but I'm not holding my breath :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 11:37:36 -0400 iggy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe three's a charm, round two, didn't notice a reply, thought i'd try again. There _was_ a reply, but I have witnessed a reply to a post of mine in the archive once while _I_ didn't get that reply by the list (or I goofed ;) ). http://www.mandrake.com/en/archives/newbie/2002-07/msg00346.php hello, all! i looked in the msi website for any info in regards to configuration under linux with no success. looked in the mo_bo manual and noticed it said: Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the sound card (chip) was a via 8233. i'm thinking that i'm going to be shelling out pesos for a sound card, UNLESS... one of you good people know how to resolve my little problem! many thanks to you -iggy Btw: what's your mainboard? -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
iggy wrote: Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the sound card (chip) was a via 8233. 2nd attempt ,08.07.02,19.00hrs BST Go to /etc/modules.conf with a text editor and add:- # ALSA native device support alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233 If there is anythy other sound chip support, hash (#) it out. Then go to Mandrake control center and make sure you have aRts enabled, if you want multi chanel sound configuration. Then go to the sound mixer app in kstart menu and make sure all the led's are bright green ( not midgreen which is the default, and rather confusing). Good quality sound is then enabled. The via 8233 sound chip is OK and once the above is enabled it works flawlessly john -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
On Monday 08 July 2002 10:37 am, iggy wrote: i looked in the msi website for any info in regards to configuration under linux with no success. looked in the mo_bo manual and noticed it said: Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the sound card (chip) was a via 8233. i'm thinking that i'm going to be shelling out pesos for a sound card, UNLESS... one of you good people know how to resolve my little problem! Well, I don't know what your problem is... no sound at all? What Mandrake version are you running? I've used an integrated AC97 sound chip (Soyo) with Mdk8.0 thru 8.3. It's always been setup and functioning after an install of the OS. MSI's are good boards, you should have the same results. The AC97 is sort'a particular about which sound server (OSS, aRts, ALSA) it uses with various apps tho. You should specify which MSI mobo you've got. Maybe someone with the same board can help. FWIW, here's my relevant parts lspci, lsmod, and modules.conf tom$ lspcidrake unknown : VIA Technologies|VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] via82cxxx_audio : VIA Technologies|VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] tom$ /sbin/lsmod via82cxxx_audio20832 0 uart401 6880 0 [via82cxxx_audio] ac97_codec 10944 0 [via82cxxx_audio] sound 58796 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401] soundcore 4068 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound] modules.conf has in it, alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows sucks, but it does sound nice
iggy wrote: maybe three's a charm, round two, didn't notice a reply, thought i'd try again. hello, all! i looked in the msi website for any info in regards to configuration under linux with no success. looked in the mo_bo manual and noticed it said: Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the sound card (chip) was a via 8233. i'm thinking that i'm going to be shelling out pesos for a sound card, UNLESS... one of you good people know how to resolve my little problem! many thanks to you -iggy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Actually via has a blurb about configuring that sound card under linux http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=17threadid=4285 It is a chore, but it does work. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
