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Re: AMD64 / Debian / Sound



On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 10:07:14AM -0500, Austin Denyer wrote:
> I'm trying to get the sound working on my new Debian64 install.
> 
> The mainboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 using the nForce4 chipset.
> 
> The user manual lists the sound as ALC850 CODEC
> 
> The mainboard BIOS lists it as AC97.
> 
> Now, Debian no longer includes sndconfig in sarge or sid, so I'm SOL
> there.
> 
> I used modconf to try and load the AC97 driver.  Modconf appeared to
> load it OK, but I still have no sound.
> 
> Everything else is working fine.
> 
> I've included the output of lsmod to the end of this post.
> 
> Any ideas?

Well I know the AC97 on the nforce2 uses intel810 style access, so try
snd-intel8x0 driver (the alsa driver), or i810audio (oss driver
although I wouldn't use that one personally).

Perhaps nforce4 is similar that way.

Len Sorensen



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