On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 18:08, Thomas Girard wrote: > Add i810_audio to /etc/modules. You may also use the sonypi modules > which will allow you to use the jogdial (apt-get install sjog). That is interesting. How do I know that the jogdial is working? Do I need to change something in XConfig?
Cheers, Mariano > > * but when loaded by hand > > * xmms does work and outputs that it used OSS > > * kde sound does not work (when logging in it complains about > > /dev/dsp permision denied) > Add yourself to the audio group, or whatever group the /dev/dsp device > belongs to. > When modprobing i810_audio, if you did compile as modules OSS soud > modules, your lsmod should read : > i810_audio > soundcore > ac97_codec > > Hope this helps. Note that my lsmod also reads i810_rng, since I > compiled as a module the pseudo random number generator. I'm not sure > it's related, but that's worth trying. Anyway, since you're using a > vaio, you should use the sonypi driver (located in character devices). > Being able to use the jogdial is great, and I think it also gives access > to other sony specific features. > > * gnome is quiet too > > > > What should I do next? > > > > What about alsa? I read that alsa is now the way to go, but oss. I > > didn't find a alsa howto nor a package below /usr/doc. Where should I > > look? > > > > Cheers, > > Mariano > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 13:50, Thomas Girard wrote: > > > >>I had exactly the same problem, on the same machine. > >>First of all, you should try OSS module i810_audio. If you card remains > >>mute, or produces strange sounds as it did for me, you'll have to follow > >>these steps: > >>Update ACPI on your kernel. The reason why the sound card was not > >>correctly working before is related to a IRQ sharing issue solved > >>recently in the ACPI subsystem. > >>the sound works perfectly with the OSS driver Intel ICH (i8xx) module > >>named i810_audio. So you have to: > >>1. Patch your kernel with the latest version of ACPI, available from > >>http://acpi.sourceforge.net > >>2. Compile a new kernel with ACPI enabled (I include it in the kernel, > >>not as a module), and choose in the sound config: > >><M> Sound card support > >>... > >><M> Intel ICH (i8xx) > >>... > >><M> OSS Sound modules > >>3. Use the new kernel. > >> > >>I can provide my .config, if it helps, > >> > >>Thomas > >> > >>Mariano Kamp wrote: > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>> lspci -vv gives the following output: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. AC'97 Audio Controller > >>>(rev 02) > >>> Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 80fa > >>> Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- > >>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- > >>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- > >>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > >>> Latency: 0 > >>> Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 9 > >>> Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256] > >>> Region 1: I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64] > >>> > >>> I don't find a Kernel Module with a similar name?! What do I need to > >>>look for? Would the discovery of the right module be everything needed > >>>to get the sound up and running on woody or do I need anything else? > >>> > >>> Just in case that is interesting?!hamlet:/home/mkamp# lsmod > >>>Module Size Used by Not tainted > >>>bsd_comp 3968 0 (autoclean) > >>>ppp_async 5984 1 (autoclean) > >>>ppp_generic 14088 3 (autoclean) [bsd_comp ppp_async] > >>>slhc 4352 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] > >>>eepro100 16976 1 > >>>ieee1394 25576 0 (unused) > >>>usb-uhci 20996 0 (unused) > >>>usbcore 52512 0 [usb-uhci] > >>>rtc 5368 0 (autoclean) > >>> > >>> > >>>Mariano > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>Thomas Girard > >>51 rue Curiol > >>13001 Marseille > >> > >>mailto:thomas.g.girard@;free.fr > >> > >> > >>-- > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thomas Girard > 51 rue Curiol > 13001 Marseille > > mailto:thomas.g.girard@;free.fr > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
