Linux newbie needs help getting sound working

[dnendzd]

Decided to give linux another try.. installed alot easier this time then before. But ran into 2 problems. The system I am running Linux (and win XP) on is:
AMD XP 1700+
ECS Elitegroup K7S5A motherboard
512mb DDR RAM
GeForce 4 ti4400
...

Anyways, my main problem is the motherboard.. it has integrated sound, and linux (mandrake) didn't detect it on installation. I can't really find anywhere i can enable SB compatable drivers, or anything like that (checked ECS's website, apparently theirs no linux drivers out for it yet :( ) Am I SOL? or is there still hope?

The other minor problem i had, is it looks like linux saw the SiS chipset, and thought it was the graphics card, cause if i select one of the choices, it says: EE Not Detected , so i have to do a unknown/unlisted one
To me it looks like it's tring to enable the graphics card in a PCI slot, My GeForce is in a AGP slot... any tips/suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys.. been browsing this forum for a couple days now, hoping i can become a linux guru :D

[mdwatts]

1. Disable PnP OS in the bios.

2. Does your m/b have onboard video?

3. What onboard soundcard does the K7S5A use and have you searched the forums for that particular soundcard?

You can try forcing X to use the AGP Geforce by adding the correct BusID to your /etc/X11/XF86Config (-4).

lspci at the commandline should show you the BusID to use.

i.e.

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0201 (rev a3)

And so my XF86Config (-4) uses BusID "PCI:1:5:0".


Section "Device"
Identifier "Geforce3"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "GeForce3 (rev 1)"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

[bwkaz]

To add to mdwatts' excellent info: I don't believe the default Linux drivers for nVidia cards support the GF4 series yet. For those, you'll need the drivers at www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux -- read their README, and download the correct drivers for your distribution. Then install them (kernel first, then GLX), and uncomment Load "glx" and comment Load "dri" and Load "GLcore" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, change Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia" (that's further down in the file), and then try starting up X.