On Sun, 14 May 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote:

> On Sunday 14 May 2006 19.31, Tito Valentin wrote:
> > Thierry,
> >
> > Here is what my sound card is based on lspci:
> >
> > 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER
> > (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
> >
> > I can add the card manually when I do:
> >
> > # modprobe snd
> >
> > But after that, if I play something I get the following error:
>
> Take a look in /lib/modules/<your_kernel>/kernel/sound/pci
>
> and try to load some of the modules you find there. Your card seems to be AC97
> compatible - however I found mails with mixed problems/success messages for
> various distribution.
>
> One thin I have seen as well was that it seemed to work with OSS better than
> with ALSA, I don't know if that's true.
>
> I've got a 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 family) and it runs using the
> snd-intel8x0 driver.

These modules will not be there unless he has told the kernel to build
them, or he's using *shudder* genkernel.
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