On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:16:40 -0500
Frank E Harrell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On RedHat 8.0's latest kernel and after installing the latest 
>alsa-{driver,utils,lib} and following instructions specific to via82xx sound card, I 
>can play a .wav file fine.  But I can't get any sound when I play a CD.  I have 
>unmuted the CD, and have tried the KDE CD player as well as xmms with the alsa plugin.

The most likely cause of the problem is a missing cable from the 
analog out on the back of your CD-ROM to your soundcard. Some versions
of Windows use digital audio extraction: data is taken from the drive using
the IDE cable and digital -> analog conversion is done in the soundcard.
Alsaplayer does the same in Linux. AFAIK xmms also has a plugin that does
the same.

> When I boot I do get some messages from modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1, 
>sound-service-1-0.

Search for 'cards_limit' in the alsa-driver-0.9.0rc6/INSTALL file, the first card is 
snd-card-0 in ALSA :)

>  I used alsaconf to create /etc/modules.conf, and the installation process 
>automatically created /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound.  Running modprobe snd-via82xx etc. 
>manually does allow .wav files to play but again no CD.  I did not recompile the 
>kernel.  The system is an Athlon XP2000 with an AOpen AK77-333 motherboard.  I have 
>set for via82xx; the actual board is a VT8233A I think.
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any pointers.  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Frank E Harrell Jr              Prof. of Biostatistics & Statistics
> Div. of Biostatistics & Epidem. Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences
> U. Virginia School of Medicine  http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat

HTH,

    -Frans


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