If you're sure its an essolo1 then the correct driver is: esssolo1 (It works fine for me)
'insmod esssolo1' should do it. Not currently on my Mandrake box so I can't verify. Add to your rc.local to get it to install at boot. HTH, Bill. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Praedor Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mandrake Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: [expert] Sound...what does it take? > I am pulling my hair out trying to get my damn sound working. I have an IBM > Thinkpad with an ESS Solo1 soundcard. The default 2.4.8 kernel in Mandrake > 8.1 can't make it work. It loads the correct modules (snd-es1938, for > instance) but it doesn't DO anything. Instead, my /var/log/messages file > fills up with: > > Jan 23 13:09:06 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-0 > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-2 > Jan 23 13:09:07 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-3 > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-4 > Jan 23 13:09:08 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-5 > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-6 > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost last message repeated 3 times > Jan 23 13:09:09 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-7 > Jan 23 13:09:10 localhost last message repeated 3 times > > I tried building the VERY broken (it turns out - and it is no longer > available in the 17.6 or 17.7 form from rpmfind) Cooker > kernel-2.4.17.7-1-1mdk and besides a slew of other problems, it too couldn't > get my soundcard to work. I have tried downloading the alsa source and > building/installing it separately with and without rebuilding my kernel. I > have tried building the 2.4.17 kernel 8 times, each with a different and > desperate change in the sound settings...to no avail EVER. All I ever get is > the loaded /var/log/messages. The card is also properly identified but there > is no valid mixer for it - starting the kde sound mixer merely shows a > blank/empty window with "No valid mixer for Solo1" in it. When I rebuilt the > 2.4.17 kernel and alsa separately, I got farther in that the sound mixer > actually had slider bars but they didn't do squat (see the > /var/log/messages). What does it take to get a Solo1 soundcard to work? I > had it working GREAT with 2.4.13...I may have to hunt that kernel down and go > that way since no other Mandrake kernel seems capable of dealing with this > card. > > Anyone have any words of wisdom for me? > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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