I am using a K7VTA3 motherboard with a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) (according to lspci). The distribution I am currently using is Redhat 8.0 which does not support that sound chip. In a mailing list I found a pointer to your project and downloaded driver, library, utilities version 0.9.0rc7. I compiled and installed them according to the information I found at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=VIA&card=&chip=via8233a&module=via82xx.
After using alsamixer and unmuting the sound, I could hear something. I can play wave or mpeg files and KDE is playing also funny sounds but unfortunatly the music and sounds are sourrounded by crackling noise in the background. Using Bills operating system the sound works ok, so I think it is not a board or wiring problem.
I wonder if somebody has made the same experience, and what a workaround or fix may be for this problem.
It would be great if someone could help me with the configuration. Thanks!
Frank
Here some information about my system, please let me know if you need more:
PCI ===
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pci]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT333 AGP]
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 Video Capture (rev 11)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [Riva TnT2] (rev 11)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] pci]$ cat /proc/pci
...
Bus 0, device 17, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 80).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff].
...
/proc/asound ============
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]$ cat cards 0 [8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235 VIA 8235 at 0xe800, irq 5
/proc/interrupts ================
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 2055110 XT-PIC timer 1: 10339 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 4693 XT-PIC usb-uhci, VIA8233 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 10: 1928 XT-PIC usb-uhci, eth1 11: 69 XT-PIC usb-uhci, ehci-hcd 12: 172402 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 15612 XT-PIC ide0 15: 26 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0
/proc/ioports =============
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]$ cat /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 d000-d01f : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS) d000-d01f : ne2k-pci d400-d47f : Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 d400-d47f : tulip d800-d81f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB d800-d81f : usb-uhci dc00-dc1f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2) dc00-dc1f : usb-uhci e000-e01f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#3) e000-e01f : usb-uhci e400-e40f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE e400-e407 : ide0 e408-e40f : ide1 e800-e8ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller e800-e8ff : VIA8233
/proc/iomem ===========
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]$ cat /proc/iomem 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-1ffeffff : System RAM 00100000-0024845e : Kernel code 0024845f-0033f583 : Kernel data 1fff0000-1fff2fff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage 1fff3000-1fffffff : ACPI Tables d0000000-d7ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266] d8000000-d9ffffff : PCI Bus #01 d8000000-d9ffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT2 [NV5] da000000-dbffffff : PCI Bus #01 da000000-daffffff : nVidia Corporation Riva TnT2 [NV5] dc040000-dc0403ff : Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 dc040000-dc0403ff : tulip dc041000-dc041fff : Brooktree Corporation Bt848 TV with DMA push dc042000-dc0420ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 dc042000-dc0420ff : ehci-hcd fec00000-fec00fff : reserved fee00000-fee00fff : reserved ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user