On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > hi all ! > > My uptime in Linux doesn't really go over 2 days... why ? > > Because there is some very deep driver issue with my audio hardware, > VIA 8237 audio. > That is when working, my sound system suddenly fails, and starts to > produce noise. - the problem is so deep that even "init 6" - full > restart doesn't helps ! ! rcalsasound restart (ALSA service restart) > doesn't help too. sorry, why are you rebooting? Just remove the driver? I there is stillsound then I suspect hardware-- eg your disk drive is dieing, rather than the soundcard. > > I still hear that noise even in GRUB Bootloader, where should be no > sound at all ! ! ! Since there is no sound driver then, that rules out Linux as a problem! > > That is very old bug, affecting SUSE Linux 10.0 and maybe earlier... No, it is a problem with your system, not with Linux. If it makes the sound when Linux is not there, then the problem is NOT linux. > > link in openSUSE bugzilla: > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263022 > > Platform: openSUSE 10.2, alsa 1.0.13, 32-bit, AMD Sempron, VIA KM400 > chipset, VIA > 8237 audio, 1GB of RAM. > > Things that help: > -Reboot into Windows, (windows drivers seem to restart my audio hardware) > -System shutdown via init 0, and then cold-start > > any ideas? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
