im on slackware 9 and the installation didn't regognize the
onboard sound . I did have in mind the previous thread but i
didn't find any solution for my problem.

my kernel is a 2.4.20

any further details please post a reply and i will send them back to
you

Thanks in advance



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props wrote:
> im on slackware 9 and the installation didn't regognize the
> onboard sound . I did have in mind the previous thread but i
> didn't find any solution for my problem.
>
> my kernel is a 2.4.20
>
> any further details please post a reply and i will send them back to
> you
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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what kind of onboard sound have you got? You may have to enable it in
the kernel, or download some driver files

props wrote:

> im on slackware 9 and the installation didn't regognize the
> onboard sound . I did have in mind the previous thread but i
> didn't find any solution for my problem.
>
> my kernel is a 2.4.20
>
> any further details please post a reply and i will send them back to
> you
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
Please post:
a) what the sound card chipset is
b) what sound system you're trying to use (alsa or oss)

inside bios displays the onboard sound card ( mobo is a gigabyte) AC97
audio

now i also do not now if the installation found the" sound
" and if i haven't enable it on slackware

chip i have no idea

i m not sure if is this is what you really asking me



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inside bios displays the onboard soung card ( mobo is a gigabyte) AC97
audio which i have it enable

now i also do not know if the installation found the" sound
" , but i haven't enable it on slackware

chipset i have no idea

i m not sure if is this is what you really asking me



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i use a gigabyte motherboard with AC 97 audio if that helps

i have no idea about chipset



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props <props666999@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
> i use a gigabyte motherboard with AC 97 audio if that helps
>
> i have no idea about chipset

Almost all modern sound cards (and chips) are AC97 compatible.
To be able to USE it, you still need a chipset specific module,
try /sbin/lspci to see if the kernel can give you some more info.

For instance, I got a "SoundBlaster 128" compatible sound card
and lspci returns:
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
so from that I can see that it's an Ensoniq, which means that (OSS,
the Alsa modules are different) I can use:
/sbin/modprobe es1371
to get all the sound support I need (it will pull-in the AC97 codec too:
$ /sbin/lsmod
es1371 25576 1
gameport 1372 0 [es1371]
ac97_codec 11976 0 [es1371]
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> i use a gigabyte motherboard with AC 97 audio if that helps
>
Lots of cards are AC97. See if it says in your motherboard manual what the
sound chipset is. Or, as I think someone else has said, if you do
user@darkstar:~$less /proc/pci
and look for a line saying "multimedia audio controller". For example, I
have
Bus 0, device 7, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio
Cont
roller (rev 80).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
which tells me that my soundcard is a VT82C686 and also gives me some other
useful information.

props:

I had the same problem, but I'm using a VIA chipset. I downloaded
the latest 2.6.5 kernel, and compiled VIA ALSA support for it. Now
it works 'so' good man. Just find out what your chipset is and
compile your kernel. ALWAYS COMPILE YOUR KERNEL ON A NEW INSTALL. The
default kernel is 'disgustingly' big and ugly and never works -
especially in Slackware. Do 'cat /proc/pci' to find the chipset info.

Hope this helps.

-Donovan-

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:42:32 +1000, Donovan Nagel wrote:
> kernel. ALWAYS COMPILE YOUR KERNEL ON A NEW INSTALL.

I don't have enough time for that. If I did that I'd be compiling
kernels all the time. If I billed for all that time how could I
remain competititive?

> The default kernel is 'disgustingly' big and ugly

It's big, but it's NBD for modern machines with 32MB+ RAM.

> and never works - especially in Slackware.

Always works for me. Did you try "man modprobe"? You probably don't
understand when and how to load modules.
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