[PlanetCCRMA] Onboard sound
David Houghton
djh at dmu.ac.uk
Thu Jan 8 05:10:02 PST 2004
derek
Thanks, I took your advice but
alsasound start gives
Cannot find module snd-intel8x0
even though I can see it the
/lib/modules/2.4.23.1.ll.rhfc1.ccrma/kernal/sound
directory. I did a /sbin/depmod -a and that didn't complain.
regards
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, derek holzer wrote:
> David,
>
> David Houghton wrote:
> > lspci -v as root and looking for "multimedia devices", gives
> >
> > Intel 82801DB AC'97
> >
> > which doesn't look like a sound card.
>
> Yes, I am pretty sure that this is a Intel i820-compatible sound card
> using AC97 codec. Try using snd-intel8x0 modules.
>
> I have always found that using motherboard-based soundcards is *always*
> a hassel. Sometimes they only play, but don't record, or have trouble
> with the sample rate, or some other nonsense, even with the propoer
> dirvers. When doing workshops, I always ask the hosts to find at least
> some cheap soundblaster clones, rather than work with such little
> beasts. I might suggest the same to you. But for emergencies and backup,
> it is always nice to have something there... ;-)
>
> best,
> D.
>
>
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