Re: Steps to Sound
Yes,
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:22:09PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001 aphro@portal.aphroland.org wrote:
> >> Martin wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I'd like to set up sound on my debian system. It is one of those IBM
> >> 300GL machines that come with (I think) an onboard sound card.
> >> Funny though is that the KDE CD player kscd plays fine when I insert a
> >> music CD into the drive.
> >> I added sound in my /etc/modules file but this doesn't seem to work.
> >
> >first thing is to determine EXACTLY what kind of soundchip
> >is on your soundcard. rip open the system and take a look.
>
>
> Easier way to find out PCI cards: lspci....
lspci gives:
root@fot2:~# lspc
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev c4)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
00:02.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Apollo PRO] (rev 12)
00:02.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 06)
00:02.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 08)
00:02.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3050 (rev 20)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8029(AS)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 (rev 10)
00:12.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology: Unknown device 1988 (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Savage 4 (rev 04)
fot2:~#
I guess it is the second last listed device '00:12.0 Multimedia ... '
>if its a PCI soundcard you may be able to cheat by downloading
> >the demo of the commercial OSS and install it, it may auto
> >detect the card and show you what it is, then you can use
> >OSS or you can ditch it and keep the info it gave you.
Where do I get the demo of the commercial OSS that nate suggests I try?
> >maybe it will be supported..maybe not..who knows...
> >
> >nate
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
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>
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>
>
> --
Martin
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Atukunda Martin
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