On Sunday 02 November 2003 01:01 pm, Richard Bown wrote: > Hi > got 9.2 on that thing at last, noapic and acpi=off ( OK Greg :) )
Hey, hey, great news!! Thanks for sticking with it, your friend won't be sorry. Don't forget to send Tom the dmesg output so he can get the install kernel to recognize that board correctly. > BUT it took 3 installs to do it, > first bombed out loading an object file for newt > the second just hung after selecting the files to load > third time it went in , each time was an install and each time all > partitions were formatted. > Strange, could be a difficult to read cd or a flaky cd-rom drive. It's not an LG is it? > MOBO= ASROCK K7S8X > POS :-) > The Alsa drivers for the integral sound card only half function. > /dev/dsp fails > the alternate drivers ali5455, nvaudio and the 810 oss driver do not > function at all. > the card is listed as a Cmedia ac97, harddrake finds SIS 7012. > There are no linux drivers on the asrock site. > That board has got a Sis 745 southbridge with an AC '97 codec, and according to the ALSA project website, is not supported yet. Check the soundcard matrix here: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ It might be worthwhile to pick up a $15 SB or something. > ! mobo to stay clear off > I generally do not like boards with Sis chipsets. Believe it or not, I have had the most good luck with VIA. -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx
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