On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 00:17, Pierre Jarillon wrote: > Perhaps is it useful ? I just receive from [Alsa-user] > It is a problem with Mdk 9.1 but Mdk 9.2 is not very different. > > [Alsa-user] ALSA Fix!!! > > I finally got it right! Ok I am running Mandrake 9.1 on a Sony > PCG-V505BX. My original modules.conf was this: > > probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage ide-scsi > probeall usb-interface usb-ohci ehci-hcd > alias eth0 e100 > alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio > alias char-major-10-250 sonypi > options sonypi minor=250 > > So I thought "Hey I have a Sony Desktop with the same distro that has > ASLA working on a i810 chipset". I took what I found in that > modules.conf and changed mine to this: > > probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage ide-scsi > probeall usb-interface usb-ohci ehci-hcd > alias eth0 e100 > above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss > alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 > options sonypi minor=250 > > Apparently Mandrake does not probe this card correctly during install. > This may fix other distros too! Hope this helps the rest of you too. ;) > One more thing. Run it for a bit. For some reason it does not work with > all apps right away. Let me know if you want a workaround with that too.
So...to cut all the BS, he changed from the OSS/Free driver to the ALSA driver. Woo. the i810_audio (OSS/Free) and snd-intel8x0 (ALSA) drivers support a rather wide range of hardware, and I think each is better on some particular variations. I think it's pretty hard to pick which should be the default. Even if it ought to be ALSA, it's by no means as clear-cut a decision as this particular user's experience indicates. -- adamw
