* Jason Stechschulte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > I've been struggling to get sound to work on a Dell system I got > recently. I'm running Woody with a 2.4.17 kernel. I think my problem > has to do with the sound being integrated. According to WinXP which is > also on this box, the chip is an intel 82801BA/BAM AC'97. When > recompiling the kernel, I don't see anything that looks like it would > work for this.
There is an intel820 driver, actually, but I never tried it. I got it to work with (FVO "with" approaching "despite") debian alsa packages... If you want to give that a try, recompile your kernel with sound support (but no drivers). Install alsaconf and alsa-[source|utils] packages, and follow the instructions for building the intel82x driver. Install the driver, edit /etc/alsa/0.9 and delete all options the driver's complaining about when you modprobe snd-card-0. Don't forget to re-run update-modules after each edit. When you get the module to load, make /etc/alsa/0.9 chattr +i, so that alsaconf doesn't crap all over it later. > I'm running KDE on this computer. I've only ever installed X on one box > before and on that I used gnome and esd for the sound server. Which > sound server works best with KDE? If I run sound server from KDE menu > it has arts listed as the sound server. Is this what I should be using? Ask on debian-kde. I never bothered with KDE sounds, all I want is a working CD player. Kcd (or whatever it's called) works for me. Dima -- Q276304 - Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords -- RISKS 21.37
