I had problems getting sound to work on my Dell Latitude LSt laptop, but I succeded. Is this the correct place to suggest that future versions of Mandrake should include these fixes? Here's what I had to do:
1) Unless /lib/modutils/macros is modified you an error: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0 when you run harddrake to install the sound card. You must modify the file to have "alias nm256 nm256_audio" in the 2.4 case instead of in the 2.2 case. This seems to be a typo in the file. 2) Apply the patch to drivers/sound/nm256_audio.c in the linux kernel. This fixes the actual bug that causes the machine to freeze. *** nm256_audio.c.old Sun Sep 30 12:26:08 2001 --- nm256_audio.c Sun Dec 16 23:02:34 2001 *************** *** 896,902 **** /* Reset the mixer. 'Tis magic! */ nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6c0, 1); -nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x87); nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x80); nm256_writePort8 (card, 2, 0x6cc, 0x0); --- 896,901 ---- Originally from: http://www.mandrakeexpert.com/index1.php?tab=paid&act=view&incident=22439&w=0)
