hi there, I'm just getting started on linux and wanted to get the sound working on my machine. I've found it pretty difficult so far. I am running Debian Woody Gnu/Linux with kernel 2.4.18 plus a custom nvidia module to drive the video card. I want to enable the onboard sound, which is a Realtek ALC650 - AC-link, supports AC'97 2.2; but underneath it seems to be based on a VIA chipset, the via8223, and is plug and play (at least according to sndconfig). Sndconfig recognized the card but gave an error (no error message) when it tried to use the linux driver to run it. SO, since I want to ultimately do some audio work on the machine, I thought I would go straight to ALSA. According to the soundcard matrix, ALSA should support the card (I think).
But I'm just not sure what to do next. I installed the alsa .deb packages from debian/UNSTABLE , which as far as I can tell are from 0.9.0.rc1. The ALSA how-to's all seem to be written for 0.4 or 0.5 at best, and also for kernel 2.2.x; and they haven't yet worked out for me (that is, I've tried to do what they say, but always without success. Is there someone out there who is using 2.4 and who can tell me what bits need to be included in the kernel itself, what modules need to be included dand excluded, and what bits of prep I'll need to do afterwards to make the sound actually work? Or can someone point me to an up-to-date howto? I'm an absolute Linux newbie and, though I'm proud of having struggled through my first kernel recompile already, I'm at the limits of my technical capacity here. whew. thanks for any help you can give. I _want_ to free my softwaqre; but it's harder than I thought! thanks, matt ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek PC Mods, Computing goodies, cases & more http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
