Re: Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 09:45:24PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> ok huray video works
> on to sound
>
> this board has an Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC which in lspci is
> CK804 AC97 audio codec. the realtek site claims this is supported with
> snd-intel8x0
>
> alsa-conf shows up nothing, modprobing it works but the card isnt detected
>
> any ideas? this kernel is a tad old - although its straight out of
> 'unstable'
If adding snd-intel8x0 to /etc/modules doesn't find the chip on boot,
then you may need a newer kernel/newer alsa driver to support the new
chip. Many chips are supported in 2.6.11+ that were not in 2.6.8 for
example.
Are you running the current kernel for unstable? (That would be 2.6.12).
Len Sorensen
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