Crackly sound in Mandrake 8.1 with Toshiba Laptop - Read on.

[TheMuso]

I am using a Toshiba Satellite 3000 laptop, with mandrake 8.1. It has a NVIDIA Graphics card, which is currently not configured, and a Crystal Sound card, which uses the i810_audio and ac97_codec sound modules. Whenever I log into KDE or Gnome, the sound is working, but does not play smoothly. Any ideas as to what could be causing this?

BTW: It worked fine under Mandrake 8.0.

[PimpHolic]

i dont know what u can do about the sound card, however you can get the graphics card drivers from http://www.nvidia.com
they have the instructions on there, and if u need them i will write them all out :)

[TheMuso]

Thanks, but the graphics card drivers are no the problem. I was able to get them going in drake 8, but havent as yet done them for 8.1. I will make an effort to do those in the next day or so and see if they help or hinder the sound.

[TheMuso]

*Bump*

[wilsnyder]

I've got a toshiba satellite pro 4300, and the sound drivers that redhat sets up work, but sound terrible, with pops and such. I tried messing with the kernel configuration using soundblaster compatible or the oss module (I think this is what's set up in the redhat kernel?), but nothing worked well. I downloaded the alsa drivers, installed them, and sound works *perfect*.

cheers,
wil snyder

[TheMuso]

Well, Mandrake has alsa, but doesnt wanna do it. How do I get the alsa drivers working instead of the kernel drivers?

[wilsnyder]

Download the current alsa drivers, unzip untar them. Make sure Sound card support is enabled in your kernel. Then go into the alsa package directory and do
>./configure (options)
>make install

For my card, I have to do
>./configure --with-cards=ymfpci --with-isapnp=yes

There are instructions in the alsa package.

You can also install the lib and utils stuff if you want, but its not necesarry. Then make sure the alsasound file is in /etc/rc.d/init.d

Note that when you install the alsa drivers, sound is muted by default. If you installed the alsa libs and utils, you can do
>amixer set Master 100 unmute
>amixer set PCM 100 unmute

Sound will then hopefull work.

If you try this and still have problems, post again.

cheers,
wil snyder