Onboard Soundcard

[impera]

I have a MSI KT3Ultra2R with a VIA AC'97 codec soundcard, it is detected by RH8 and setup (aparently) but when trying to configure it with the setup utility under the terminal, when ready to play the test sound it reports me that the modules are not working as they would. It is supposed that the kernel has the modules already compiled on it, so:( ?

How can i get the sound from the card? Can it support the 5.1 channels? (the hardware do support them)

thanks:)

[pnuts]

Try remcomplieing your kernel so you can see what is in it. there are lots of good howto's on this site and post your problems. what setup untility are you talking about? also try this for a quick fix: download the alsa-drivers source, then complie and install it for a intel sound card. It worked for me!

pete

[javmarcan]

with $ lsmod you can see what modules are in.

sometimes a smart system like Redhat thinks that It knows what modules do you need but there arent the ones that match your hardware.

try usign another one

try this command

$ locate modules | grep via

see what modules its shows and try to charge on your system with

$ modprobe module

good luck

[anmaxp]

I had the same problem using Redhat 8 and the onboard sound card. It seems something in the module wont play nice with the onboard ac'97 chip. my suggestion:

either upgrade to redhat 9 (quick solution) or download and install the alsa sound modules from www.alsa-project.org

[pnuts]

You might get away with just downloading alsa-drivers and alsaconf. when you have downloaded the drivers and installed them with the usual: ./configure, make, make install see whether or not alsaconf can find your card. if it can't try it agian just with ./configure --with-cards=intel8x0 this is how I got my card (AC'97) to work.
good luck
pete