I've installed Ubuntu 4.10 on an old Compaq Deskpro Depend
PII 350MHZ CPU 128M RAM
I've looked around the Ubuntu site, and posted there a while back, but unfortunately I'm still no further.
The sound card is built-in. I've checked the BIOS and it tells me it's irq 5, so I added
acpi_irq_isa=5
to #kopt
in the
/boot/grub/menu.lst
The tech manual says that the built-in sound card is a
"...Compaq Premier Sound system. The system board includes an embedded 16-bit full-duplex subsystem based on the ES1869..."
and so I edited
/etc/modules file to include
snd-es1869
Now, the following commands give me no response:
Alsamixer – nothing alsaconf – nothing
The speaker icon on the top right of the screen does not allow me to change anything. It refuses to move. It will not allow me to make an configuration changes.
I have tried:
lsmod|grep snd (read this on another post) – nothing. There is no output at all.
On boot, I was getting a “Modprobe Error”. After going through the Unofficial Starter Guide, this appears to have been resolved.
On boot, I have noticed an error saying:
pci address space collision in region 7 of 0000 00 14.3 [f800:f83f]
and:
alsacnt (I think this is the correct term) state 1134 No sound card.
I get no sound on boot, I get no sound from the CD player (cable is in place) and I get no sound when viewing the news on line.
I've got no idea where to go to from here. I still cannot get sound and still cannot activate alsamixer or alsaconf and the sound icon will not let me change the setting.
I have tried the instructions at:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=ESS+Technology&card=.&chip=ES18xx&module=es18xx
./configure --with-cards=es18xx --with-sequencer=yes;make;make install
Unfortunately I get 'no C compiler in $PATH' (this is roughly the correct output I'm getting - I've switched the machine off)
I do have gcc etc installed.
(I have an old SoundBlaster 16 card I can install - if this is easier to configure)
The BIOS reads the card (I've tried both the built-in and SB, and both are recognised in the BIOS). I read that disabling PNP in the BIOS could help, but.... no.
Any assistance is, as always, most appreciated.
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