Um I had a similar problem with my soundcard, there was a conflict with the
onboard sound and the card [snip] I would have to say is ALSA (advanced linux sound
architecture) site. you may have something similar let me know if you find anything tho :D
Well kids, what a struggle! It appears that there is an issue with linux-2.4.18 and this particular sound chipset 82801DB AC'97 Audio (is it right in this instance to call it a chipset?).
Most of the queries on the net were posted to kernel lists and vaguely answered. I seem to have two possibilities, recompile to later than 2.4.18 or try ALSA. Looking at the ALSA docs, I see that versions of 82801 are suported but not 82801DB specifically. The one person I saw who posted a follow-up to trying ALSA had only limited success so I've resolved to compile 2.4.20 next weekend.
Any other thoughts appreciated - especially comments about ALSA... Michael.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:04 PM Subject: RH8 scanner update and Sound driver question
> Okay, thanks to Chris S pointing me to http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ I > spent quite some time reading up about scanner support for linux. I > downloaded about 5 files I reckoned I'd need and went to see my friend. I > gave him a new install of RH8 and proceeded to check out the KDE menus, > only to discover that not only was the scanner programme installed but it > was working bloody perfectly with the scanner (which wasn't specifically > listed as supported by the documentation) without one bit of tweaking > required. > > Needless to say I felt a bit ripped off by this. What happened to the good > old days when peripherals took near on a week to get working properly? > > However, I was pleased to see that the winmodem and onboard sound were not > working. I didn't expect the winmodem to go anyway but the onboard sound > surprised me. There were two issues with the sound. There are no "event > sounds". A CD player in KDE recognises and starts to play it an inserted > CD but also no sound (yes it works under windaz). I tried to open the > mixer but I got an error message that suggested the permissions of > /dev/mixer may not allow the mixer to run. "chmod 777 /dev/mixer" makes no > difference to this error. > > "lspci -vv" reveals a Multimedia Audio Controller: Intel Corp, 82801DB > AC'97 Audio (rev 01). The graphical audio device detects something similar > but I can't remember whether it was identical. Do I try a kernel compile > or will I have to search out a special driver? I don't mind either > method. After I post this I'm going to do a Google for some help. > > As for the modem, I'm currently downloading all of > http://www.sfu.ca/~cth/ltmodem/dists/redhat/ to file away for future use. > > The last winmodem I installed (about 2 months ago) was a connexant > chipset. The connexant website was outstandingly helpful and the driver > rpm they provided worked perfectly. Kudos to them. Brickbat to those twats > at lucent, now known as "Agere". > > Cheers, > Michael. >
