Dear Terence
Thanks again for your continued attention.
Well, well, well, you're never gonna believe this!
We got sound working on most of the Mandrake Linux boxes with this
chipset and audio controller. How did we do it? Bryan Howard editted
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sound
and
/etc/rc.d/init.d/usb
He removed all references to conf.modules and replaced them with
modules.conf
We rebooted and voila, sound!
Please, oh please, oh please make a note of this, post it in your
archives or something, for the next poor sucker who has the 810 chipset
AC '97 controller on a Mandrake Linux box.
Yours
Marsden
{Dear Mandrake Experts: Our conversation with Intel in an effort to
acquire information on the Intel 810 chipset AC '97 controller is below
(read from bottom up).}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello Marsden,
>
> Red Hat* may have the source code for their audio drivers for the AC97 controller.
>I haven't located any source code for Linux* audio drivers, so you may want to look
>towards Red Hat for the time being.
>
> I apologize for any inconvenience.
>
> Best Regards,
> Intel(R) Technical Support Engineer - Terence G.
>
> ->Hi Terence!
> ->Thanks! Sounds like we're making progress!
> ->
> ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ->>
> ->> Hello Marsden,
> ->>
> ->> There aren't any provided sound drivers for Linux* for this motherboard.
>RedHat* Linux* 7.2 > has them included with their latest distribution,
> ->
> ->Does that mean that RedHat has the source code so we can compile it into
> ->the kernel? Or does what RedHat 7.2 have include the source code so it
> ->can be rebuilt for a different kernel?
> ->
> ->> but otherwise, you'll need to contact your distribution author for updates.
> ->
> ->As you know, our distribution author is Mandrake. Has Intel provided
> ->Mandrake with the source code for the chipset? Or has Intel provided
> ->Mandrake with the updates? Mandrake referred us to Intel on their
> ->support page, so I am assuming that EITHER Mandrake doesn't have any
> ->updates for us OR they don't know about it :-)
> ->
> ->> I apologize for > the inconvenience.
> ->
> ->Thanks for your continued assistance!
> ->Marsden
> ->
> ->
> ->>
> ->> Best Regards,
> ->> Intel(R) Technical Support Engineer - Terence G.
> ->>
> ->> ->Hi Terence G.
> ->> ->
> ->> ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> Hello Marsden,
> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> No offense taken.
> ->> ->
> ->> ->Thanks! I understand tech support via email is probably as frustrating
> ->> ->for y'all as it is for me, the user. Please continue to read carefully
> ->> ->and patiently.
> ->> ->
> ->> ->> If you are quite sure that this Micron* based system uses the same audio
>chip as the Intel(R) CA810 desktop board,
> ->> ->
> ->> ->So Micron says! :-)
> ->> ->
> ->> ->> you can download the drivers from the following web site. In the case that
>you use a motherboard from another system manufacturer, I have to assume that it is a
>custom system, and that the most appropriate route for drivers would be through your
>system manufacturer.
> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> You can download drivers for the CA810 desktop board from the following web
>site:
> ->> ->> http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/ca2/ca2_drive.htm
> ->> ->
> ->> ->I don't see linux drivers on that site. Am I being blind?
> ->> ->
> ->> ->Your site
> ->> ->http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/810/810e.htm
> ->> ->
> ->> ->promises linux drivers for video, do those include the sound drivers???
> ->> ->Though we have the video on the system in question working just fine
> ->> ->under Linux, sndconfig is reporting a lack of sound drivers.
> ->> ->
> ->> ->Your site
> ->> ->http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/linux_advanced.htm
> ->> ->
> ->> ->states:Graphics Drivers for Intel� 810/810E/815/815E Chipsets
> ->> -> Technical Support Email Form for Linux*
> ->> ->
> ->> -><snip>
> ->> -> Linux Resources:
> ->> -> Common Questions and Issues with Linux
> ->> -> Software and Drivers for Linux
> ->> -> Installation Information (Release
> ->> ->Notes)
> ->> ->
> ->> ->But the links are broken.
> ->> ->
> ->> ->Any further ideas on sound drivers for this chip, for Linux??? Since
> ->> ->your page offers them, I'm hoping you'll actually come up with them....
> ->> ->
> ->> ->Thanks!
> ->> ->Marsden
> ->> ->
> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> Best Regards,
> ->> ->> Intel(R) Technical Support Engineer - Terence G.
> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->With all due respect, I don't think you actually READ my email. The
> ->> ->> ->drivers I need are AUDIO drivers for an -> Intel Corp 82801AA 810
> ->> ->> ->Chipset AC '97 Audio Controller
> ->> ->> ->
> ->> ->> ->Your website claims to offer those drivers for LInux, but the link takes
> ->> ->> ->me to this (so far idiotic) email support mail box.
> ->> ->> ->
> ->> ->> ->Please put some attention to this.
> ->> ->> ->thanks
> ->> ->> ->Marsden
> ->> ->> ->
> ->> ->> ->[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ->> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->> Hello Marsden,
> ->> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->> Thank you for your message. For this issue, I suggest that you contact
>your system or motherboard manufacturer. They are the most familiar with your
>particular system configuration and are best suited to helping you.
> ->> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->> If you have an Intel(R) Motherboard, please visit our support site for
>motherboards:
> ->> ->> ->> http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
> ->> ->> ->> If you can't find your answer on our motherboards website, you can reply
>to this message with the model of Intel Motherboard that you have and an Intel
>representative will reply.
> ->> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->> Best Regards,
> ->> ->> ->> Intel(R) Technical Support Engineer - Terence G.
> ->> ->> ->>
> ->> ->> ->> ->
> ->> ->> ->> ->a1_Name: Marsden
> ->> ->> ->> -> a2_Prob_info: 810 chipset and sound
> ->> ->> ->> -> a3_Additional_info: sndconfig reports:
> ->> ->> ->> -> Intel Corp 82801AA 810 Chipset AC '97 Audio Controller
> ->> ->> ->> -> Can you provide me with sound drivers, or point me to some?
> ->> ->> ->> -> Thanks!
> ->> ->> ->> -> a4_Motherboard: GVC/BCM DR742E
> ->> ->> ->> -> a4_Mthbd_bios:
> ->> ->> ->> -> a5_System: Micron*,
> ->> ->> ->> -> a6_Chipset: Intel(R) 810E Chipset
> ->> ->> ->> -> a7_Additional_Graphics: None
> ->> ->> ->> -> a7_Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor, , 800 MHZ
> ->> ->> ->> -> a7_RAM: 128 MB,
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Desktop_interface: KDE (Gnome is available also)
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Distribution: Mandrake* Linux
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Distribution_version: 7.1
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Kernel_version: Linux 2.2.13-22mdk i686
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Libc_version: ?? glibc???
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Window_manager: xwindows
> ->> ->> ->> -> a8_Xfree86_version: 3.36
> ->> ->> ->> -> aa_Company: Lewis Fisher Henderson & Claxton
> ->> ->> ->> -> aa_Job_Title: LSSA
> ->> ->> ->> -> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ->> ->> ->> -> fieldorder: sort
> ->> ->> ->> -> formaddr: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ->> ->> ->> -> name: Marsden
> ->> ->> ->> -> reqfields:
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> ->> ->> ->> -> resulturl: http://support.intel.com/alldone.htm
> ->> ->> ->> -> subject: Linux* Graphics Drivers for Intel� 810/810E/815/815E Chipsets
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