I've never gotten alsa working successfully myself. To me it introduces a lot of complexity, but I haven't touched it for a while so by all means try it.
I've gotten AC97 integrated sound chips to work without alsa before, but it was a while ago. Try "modprobe via82cxxx" and "modprobe ac97_codec". It might be different depending on your kernel etc. Have a look into your /lib/modules/ to see what's there. To learn how to compile a kernel visit http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-kernel-recompile.html, though I don't think it should be required (but learning how to recompile a kernel is a good thing anyway). Ian. On 2003-03-31 02:27pm, Adam Hewitt wrote: > you might want to try: > > apt-get install alsa-base alsa-modules-2.4.20-686 > > (or whichever modules package reflects the kernel you are using...) > > Thanks to StevenK's new debconf config script ALSA install is a breeze > > After this has been installed you will find that > > a) the volume is muted, use alsamixer to put your volume levels up. > > b) you will need to add your user to the audio group with: > adduser <user> audio > > you will then need to COMPLETELY log off and log back in to have that > take effect. > > Good Luck > > Adam. > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 14:06, Mick Boda wrote: > > Ian asked > > > > "Which sound card have you got? Have you modprobe'd the supporting > > module or compiled support for it into your kernel?" > > > > I haven't (I mean never) compiled a kernel, I have some redhat > > documention on how to do it,will it be the same under Debian? > > > > I have an AC97 intergrated sound card run by a VIA chipset (VT8233A I > > Believe) > > > > The device is listed under lspci as > > > > 00:07.5 Multimedia Audio Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio > > Controller(rev 5). > > > > Here are the modprobe commands I tried > > > > foo:~# modprobe -l -t misc sound* > > foo:~# modprobe -a > > modprobe: Nothing to load ??? > > Specify at least a module or a wildcard like \* > > foo:~# modprobe sound* > > modprobe: Can't locate module sound* > > foo:~# > > > > Regards > > > > Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
