Re: Really, I still don't have sound
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:05:16 -0500, Matt Price wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:01:43AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Mark Healey (<deblist@healeyonline.com>) wrote:
>>
>> > I still haven't managed to get sound up and running. It looks like
>> > everybody is stumped but I'm resubmitting the problem and including
>> > all that I gathered in the last attempt to get it working.
>> >
>> > I installed woody stable kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4
>> >
>> > When I boot knoppix it uses via82cxxx_audio and works. I have that
>> > module installed so I added the line to my "via82cxxx_audio" to my
>> > /etc/modules.
>>
>> Maybe the kernel is too old and doesn't support your card properly. Try
>> to upgrade to a newer one, e.g. 2.4.25. You can get precompiled
>> packages from <http://www.backports.org>. Install the proper package
>> and configure your bootloader to use the initrd.
>
>the alsa modules for via82xx changed sometime around 0.9.1, I think.
>You most likely need to upgrade to the newest alsa-source using the
>various alsa packages, and roll the new kernel modules according to
>the instructions in /usr/share/doc/alsa-source. It's slightly
>intimidating but pretty easy if you follow the instructions.
I did "apt-cache search alsa-source" and got
alsa-source
alsa-source-0.4
alsa-source-0.5
Which is the latest, the one with no version number or 0.5
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Broadcom 4401 onboard nic
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ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Video card.
Sampo Alphascan 17mx monitor
using the "vesa" module
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