HD Install :: sound problems

DSL wont configure my sound card, when I run sound config it says: "The VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] is not currently supported."

Any help?, I would assume that I need some sort of driver or something. It plays music, but some applications wont run sound correctly (or at all) and it only as one out-put stream whitch is becomeing increaseingly annoying as only one application using audio will run at a time.

Thankyou for your assistance, Oscar Brown.

chickenman:

I have better success finding data on soundcard operation if I know the
system your ac97 sound chipset is in..

The ac97 is used in so many different mobos, and there have been so many
revisions of the same chipset, that it makes it hard to assist without more info.

73
ke4nt

sorry, I wasn't aware of the complextiy of the situation...

its in a Gigabyte KT600 i can get you more information if its required.

From what little googling I have done , there are issues with that
particular audio chipset.. ( Oh Joy ! )
But not all is lost..

Most articles state that even with the oss drivers loaded,
( the via82cxxx.o ) the sound quality is poor..

Try using the alsadebs.dsl package in the repository.
Read the info file carefully, and remember to add the "alsa" command to your
startup commands if your running liveCD or poorman's..
Add the "alsa" command to your lilo.conf, and rerun lilo if using a frugal/HDInstall.

I'd experiment with a liveCD FIRST, before editing your HDInstal, just to test..
From what I've read, the alsa drivers are a MUCH better choice..

For starters, paste up your lsmod, and lspci in this thread,
so we can see WHAT has been autodetected so far..

73
ke4nt

lsmod and lspci?, sorry i'm a n00b at this. I have a HDD install from the "install to hard drive" menu thing, thats a script install right? well if you tell me where lsmod and lspci are i'll post em right up. thanks for your help so far.

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