Denis Pelletier wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I installed Cooker (Mandrake 8.1 + upgrade to cooker) on my new Compaq
>Presario 700CA laptop and the sound does not work. This laptop is based on
>the integrated chipset KN133 (AMD Duron). The sound card is detected and
>correctly configured by hardDrake (model VT82C686 [Apollo Super
>AC97/Audio] with kernel module via82cxxx_audio). But I can't get any sound
>with this laptop.
>
>This is probably due to the two sound buttons on the laptop (a + and - to
>increase/decrease the volume). I guess that something else has to be
>activated but what? Has anyone seen something similar?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Denis
>_______________________________________________
>Denis Pelletier
>�tudiant au doctorat
>sciences �conomiques, Universit� de Montr�al
>
>
>
Assuming you have the line 'alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio' in your
/etc/modules.conf file. You've checked that, correct? You might also
want to load the kernel docs package. As I recall there is some info on
the sound modules in there somewhere.