Hi I've got the same card #lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 21) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02) Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator after a brief fight with alsa-source #uname -r 2.4.16-686 #lsmod | grep snd snd-seq-midi 3136 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-synth-trident 6976 1 (autoclean) snd-seq-instr 4208 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident] snd-ainstr-simple 1412 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident] snd-seq-midi-emul 4416 0 (autoclean) [snd-synth-trident] snd-seq-oss 22080 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 2792 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq 32780 3 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-instr snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-pcm-oss 34400 0 snd-mixer-oss 8608 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-card-trident 1792 0 snd-trident 20096 0 [snd-synth-trident snd-card-trident] snd-pcm 46176 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-trident] snd-timer 9056 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-util-mem 1184 0 [snd-trident] snd-ac97-codec 22848 0 [snd-trident] snd-mpu401-uart 2544 0 [snd-card-trident snd-trident] snd-rawmidi 11456 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 3744 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-trident snd-rawmidi] snd 23336 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-synth-trident snd-seq-instr snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-card-trident snd-trident snd-pcm snd-timer snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 3556 7 [snd] problems: - can't turn the volume up too much. I get distorted sound if the volume is > 95% - alsa is very kernel specific and will need complete sources of your kernel as sources for alsa HTH -- M. On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 08:05:19PM +0100, martin f krafft decided to write thus: > by now, i have two of those SiS chipset pieces of crap under my > control... but what do you do if someone offers a $300 computer with > 1.8GHz, 1Gb RAM, 16x CD-RW, DVD, and a 60Gb Hdd??? > > anyway, both are equipped with the SiS 630 chipset, and both "feature" > the SiS 7018 audio controller (it's just not a soundcard...): > > 00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02) > > according to various sources, the kernel config help, and alsa, the > responsible driver is the trident driver, available as a kernel > option/module, and with alsa. > > now i tried all, the kernel's trident.o, compiling into the kernel, and > alsa, but with all permutations and combinations, i get the crappiest > output that i've ever heard. it's all thoroughly distorted so you can > almost not make out what you are listening to. > > with one of the two systems, i did manage to get sound working every now > and then, magically switching at boot-time to either of distorted or > not. with the other system, i just haven't suceeded at all yet. in any > case, i want this crap to stop, i want to be able to modprobe or > /etc/init.d/alsa start and have working sound. > > has anyone else experienced these problems too? how can i fix this? > because it did work before, and because there are two systems involved, > purchased separately, i argue that this must be not (only) hardware, but > software as well. > > any help appreciated. > > (don't go with SiS chipsets...) > > -- > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > redistribution of this email via the > micros~1 network is prohibited. -- M.