Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I am having trouble getting sound working in an old Compaq Armada > 1750 with an ESS AudioDrive ES1869. > > Even when it's working (verified by aplay some-sound.wav), KDE 3.5.9 > sound doesn't always work )-:. > > By running alsaconf, I get: > > es18xx-pnpbios 00:0c: disabled > > followed by > > es18xx-pnpbios 00:0c: activated > > at the end of the process. > > Attached are a working and non-working configurations from alsa-info.sh > > What appears to be needed is a way to forcing the sound chip into a > known working start upon start-up. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Running Debian unstable with 2.6.26-rc9 kernel from > kernel-archive.buildserver.net > > Arthur. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is kind of a kludge/workaround but until you can figure out how to set this up properly through configuration options, couldn't you just put the alsaconf command above into your /etc/rc.local file so it runs everytime you start the computer and leaves your card in activated state? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
