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Re: Detecting onboard CMI8738 sound chip



On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 14:55:26 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 03:08, John Foster wrote:
> > mdevin wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:36:57 +1200, Gib Bogle wrote:
> > > > I have an ASUS P4B266-M which has an onboard sound chip, the CMI8738
> > > > from C-Media.  I have built the 2.4.18 kernel with support for this
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > I have just built a new system with an Asus MB that uses the same sound
> > chip. The kernel I used is a patched version of 2.4.18 to 2.4.19-rc1.
> > The first time I compiled it, the sound did NOT work and I did try to do
> > it as a module. I remade the .config file so that ONLY that hardware was
> > used for sound... and compiled it directly into the kernel. NO OSS,
> > ALSA, or any isapnp stuff. The sound started with no problems upon
> > rebooting the new kernel. Hope this is encouraging. 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm having a similar problem getting my onboard sound to start up  --
> I've tried alsa and so on and haven't had any luck.  I would like to try
> this route -- but could you let me know which .config file you'retalking
> about (is it the one in /usr/src/linux?)  
>
Yes, this is the .config file that is generated when you do a:
make menuconfig
When you are compiling a kernel from source.

It is stored in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 (or whatever particular
source you are using to compile).

Cheers.
Mark.

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