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 Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:29 am Post subject: SB VT8235 Sound |
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I set-up my gentoo system on an EPoX 8K9A2+. It has a VIA southbridge VT8235. VIA offers
I32 driver sources for non distinct linux which is what I think I need. Can anyone shed some
light on this for me? What are alsa drivers? I was also led in that direction.
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hecatomb
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:06 am Post subject: |
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AFAIK the kernel module for this southbridge sound should be snd-via82xx.
Compile it into your kernel or as module and follow this guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml |
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nEmEsIs15dead
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Ok I followed the tute and found out that the drivers are in my kernel already. I guess I should've
mentioned that I have gentoo-2.6.8-r7. I also noticed that it does load the via82xx on start-up.
I went through the rest of the alsa set-up for 2.6 kernels. When my KDE desktop loads up I get
this message:
-Informational - artsmessage
Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
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Ok maybe this will help me get some help. Also please be easy on me(notice my sig). This is the
info from the 'Info Center' of KDE desktop under sound category.
'Soundcard'
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.4 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux nemesis 2.8.8-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Sat Oct 9 blah...blah..blah...i686
Config options:0
Installed drivers:
Type 10 ALSA emulation
Card config:
--- no soundcards ---
Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
Timers:
7: system timer
Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
If I can provide any other info to help get help please let me know?
Please help! I can't listen to my "Milli Vanlli" mp3s without sound!  j/k
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hecatomb
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Sorry I forgot this last time:
alsa-drivers are the kernel drivers for your soundcard. This code has been moved (and is still moving) from alsa-driver to the kernel source 2.6.
As you are using 2.6.x you must not install the package alsa-driver!!
So please just configure your kernel and install it (if not already done).
In config add the option 'Device Drivers ---> Sound ---> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ---> PCI devices ---> VIA 82C686A/B, 8233 South Bridge'.
Install the kernel and boot it then load the sound module via modprobe snd-via82xx.
dmesg | tail should show you some messages.
| Code: | cat /proc/asound/cards
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If your card is shown up you can go ahead with the tutorial. IMHO it is kind of easy to get the things running from here!!
| Code: | emerge alsa-oss
emerge alsa-utils
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If there are still problems feel free to post. I will see what I can do for you!  |
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