Thanks Philippe, I'll give it a shot. sounds like good advice (pun intended). Hey, since you have the same board, how did you handle the video problem?
michael On 15 Feb 2003, Philippe wrote: > Hi, > I am not an expert, but I have quite the same machine. If I remember, I > had no sound at the beginning , and the only option was to install alsa > driver, to get some ... or to install a sound card (and desactivate via > BIOS the Internal sound). I choose the second one ... > > Anyway, seems to be "quite" easy to install alsa via RPM and > documentation ... Good luck > > Regards, > Philippe > On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 14:59, michael shiloh wrote: > > hi. i recently upgraded my old computer to a nice new Intel D845GEBV2 > > motherboard, with everything integrated. turns out this wasn't such a > > good idea because the linux driver for the video section is very buggy, > > so i ended up buying a video card. no great worries. > > > > my problem now is the sound: i get no sound out of the system. > > if i try to control sound (e.g. with the gnome-volume-control) i get: > > > > I was not able to open your audio device. > > Please check that you have permissions to open /dev/mixer > > and make sure that you have sound support compiled into your > > kernel > > > > here are my mixer permissions: > > > > $ ls -l /dev/mixer > > crw-rw-rw- 1 michael root 14, 0 Aug 30 16:31 /dev/mixer > > > > now these were originally 600, but no difference after i changed them. > > > > i also see in my kernel messages: > > > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 insmod: >/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: init_module: No such device > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect >module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more >information in syslog or the output from dmesg > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 insmod: >/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 kernel: i810_audio: Codec not ready.. wait.. no response. > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 kernel: i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels. > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 kernel: i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode. > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 kernel: i810_audio: Primary codec not ready. > > Feb 10 17:20:19 dhcppc4 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3 > > > > (i think that since the 845 chipset is built on the 810 chipset, many of the >drivers > > are for the 810 chipset.) so i checked out my modules: > > > > # ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30572 Sep 4 10:47 >/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o > > > > although sound-slot-0 is missing, but that's the second message, so i'm not sure >if that's > > the main problem. > > > > and > > > > # cat /etc/modules.conf > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > > alias eth0 eepro100 > > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd > > alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio > > post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null >2>&1 || : > > pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 >|| : > > alias usb-controller1 usb-uhci > > > > > > > > and dmesg says: > > > > > > Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.22, 13:45:06 Sep 4 2002 > > PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:1f.5 > > PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:1f.3 > > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 to 64 > > i810: Intel ICH4 found at IO 0xe080 and 0xe400, IRQ 3 > > i810_audio: Codec not ready.. wait.. no response. > > i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels. > > i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode. > > i810_audio: Primary codec not ready. > > > > > > i'm not quite sure what next to try - any suggestions? > > > > thanks, > > michael > > > -- -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
