Bruno Buys wrote:
john gennard wrote:I've just made a new install of Sarge's latest release and its updates. I'm very weak with sound. The M/Board has onboard sound (a Realtek ALC888 chip) and I was hoping to use Alsa for the first time. There's virtually nothing on the 'net about this chip and literally nothing that helps me. Does anyone know the driver/s required? I've installed Kubuntu alongside Sarge and it (Kubuntu) automatically provides working sound on install. However, I can't see how it achieves this. The Motherboard incidentally is an Asrock 775Dual-VSTA. John.alsa sees my alc658D from via without problem. Did you try 'alsaconf'?
I haven't used Alsa before and haven't found any really helpful write ups. Yes, I have tried alsaconf but it doesn't help - just says 'no Pnp or Pci cards found' and continues to look for legacy etc also without result.If I run 'lspci' (blundering in the dark!), there are lots of 'unknown devices' so the sound chip could be any one. In fact the
only two items I recognize are the ethernet controller and the Graphics card. What do you mean when you say your card is seen 'from via'?