On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 11:28:18AM -0700, Gus Wirth wrote: > At 19:08 10/02/2005 -0700, Lan Barnes wrote: > >... and if the Airlink isn't enough, the on-board sound doesn't > >configure and probably wouldn't work with Myth anyway. So I need > >recommendations on a cheapo compatible sound card from you Myth gurus. > > > >Does dropping a sound card in the bus turn off the on-board > >automagically or is there something in the BIOS or what? > > You should go into the BIOS and turn off the sound if you plug in a sound > card. > > So you are saying that Fedora Core 4 can not detect and set up the built-in > sound? You tried both the ALSA and the OSS drivers? What does Knoppix do > with it? If Knoppix can start and detect the sound then you can take the > settings that Knoppix uses and place them in the Fedora system. > > Any of the SoundBlaster series of cards will work. I have a PCI sound card > that I found lying around and it works, I don't even know the brand but it > gets detected as an es1371 chipset compatible. > > Gus >
Thanks. You've given me a good path to follow. I have too many projects going at once, and am having trouble following through. I'll file this under TV and probably forget :-( BTW, FC4 saw the on board chip but didn't play the test sound. And I haven't even confirmed that the speakers work (when am I going to start labeling the transformer plugs?). -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
