Greetings,
My computer makes no sound. The machine is amd64-based and has a VIA
8237/KM800 asic. I have compiled it for 64-bit cblfs Linux and
kernel 2.6.28.10. I enabled alsa directly in the kernel and the via
driver also .
I installed alsa 1.018 (library, plugin and tools (I had forgotton the
utilities) which I installed only when I came to use the sound and
discovered it absense.. I ran alsaconf and it reports no sound
card as does alsactl when the machine is shutting down. However in
KDE421 (control centre) under sound I get the following lines:-
##############
Soundcard
SoundDriver 3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v 1.0.18rc3 emulation code)
Linux kernel blabla # 1 SMP date+time x86_64
Config Options:0
Installed DFrivers
Type 10: ALSA emulation
Card config:
VIA 8237 with ALC655 at 0xbc00, irq 22
Audio devices
0 VIA 8237 (DUPLEX)
Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Timers
31 system timer
Mixers
0 Realtek ACL655 rev0
##########
QUESTIONS:
1) What do the above mean? I compiled the kernel as:-
(*)Sound Card Support -enabled
(*)ALSA --enabled
(*)generic sound devices -enabled
()virtual midi soundcard -disabled
(this is the only reference I saw of midi and none of synth)
(*) PCI-dound-devices
(*) VIA 82C686A/B, 8233/8235 AC97 controller --enabled
(There is no reference in kernel 2.6.28.10 specifically to via 8237. Could
this be the source of the problem?
2) OR is there a problem of ALSA-1.018 emulating via8237 for 64-bit
builds? (As you can see I was using an early version of this program)?
3) OR is it wise to upgade to alsa-1.0.20 and if so does this merely
installs over the old version of alsa or is a prior-cleanout necessary?
4) Could my erratic install sequence cause a symlink to be mising and if so
what is this link?
suggestions and reports of any 64bit clfs builds with via8237 and alsa
working would be gratefully received.
yours sincerely
lux-integ
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