thank you for the tips. i tried it and still don't have audio (of any flavor (cd, mp3, etc)). this is what my /etc/modules.conf looks like:
alias net-pf-4 ipx alias usb-interface usb-ohci alias eth0 8139too alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio alias char-major-81 bttv alias usb-interface1 usb-uhci alias usb-interface2 usb-uhci alias usb-interface3 usb-uhci alias tvcard0 bttv you'll notice that i set it back to the original configuration. i had set it to your suggestions and rebooted (can you tell i an a newbie :^( ) by the way, all i get is static on my tv card. it works fine on my copy of monopolistic,_you_will_be_assimilated,_"you_will_go_today", _crashdoze_O.S. my system: the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets amd athlon xp 1700+ 256 mb ddr ram (1 stick) 64 mb nvidia gforce 2 w/ tv out 40 gb seagate h.d. 16x dvd 8x cd (don't need any faster for music (or i'm cheap :^)) floppy On Monday 08 July 2002 01:57 pm, you wrote: > iggy wrote: > >Chip intergrated (2 channel S/W audio) > > - DIrect Sound AC97 Audio > > > >since i dual boot, i checked amongst the broken windows and found that the > >sound card (chip) was a via 8233. > > 2nd attempt ,08.07.02,19.00hrs BST > > > Go to /etc/modules.conf with a text editor and add:- > > # ALSA native device support > alias char-major-116 snd > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-via8233 > > If there is anythy other sound chip support, hash (#) it out. > > Then go to Mandrake control center and make sure you have aRts enabled, > if you want multi chanel sound configuration. > > Then go to the sound mixer app in kstart menu and make sure all the led's > are bright green ( not midgreen which is the default, and rather > confusing). > > Good quality sound is then enabled. > The via 8233 sound chip is OK and once the above is enabled it works > flawlessly > > john
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