On Monday 03 April 2006 3:18 pm, Timothy Musson wrote: > Robert Fisher, 2006-04-03 13:14:06: > > I have a friend who is taking the plunge to try Linux. > > I helped him install Kanotix [...] > > 2/ he has 2 sound cards, 1 faulty on-board, but no sound > > Kanotix (http://kanotix.com/) seems to be based on Debian.
Yes it is. > > So, you might be able to disable the onboard sound by using /sbin/lsmod > to see which sound modules the onboard sound is using, then adding those > modules to the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file. > > For example, to disable the crappy onboard sound on one of the computers > here (Debian Sarge), I've added the following to /etc/hotplug/blacklist: > > via82cxxx_audio > snd_via82xx > > That causes the computer's PCI soundcard to be detected & used instead. Thanks I will try that.
