Pascal Hos wrote: > Hi, > > I have a MSI 694d board with onboard audio with via82cxxx chip. I'm > having severe problems trying to get the sound working. When compiling > the kernel I selected modular sound card support and modular OSS sound > modules with modular VIA 82C686 Audio Codec. > When doing "modprobe via82cxxx" I get the following output: > > [...]
Knowing the kernel version you are using could be useful. If i recall correctly kernel 2.2.17 could only use via82Cxxx in soundblaster 8 bit emulation (sounds poor) and you should activate in the bios something like "legacy soundblaster compatibility". In the 2.2.18pre and 2.4.0test kernel series there is full 16 bit support. Or you could give a try to http://gtf.org/garzik/drivers/via82cxxx/ (the author of the kernel driver), and looking for a driver patch for the 2.2.17 stable kernel. Another option is to use alsa... Andrea
