Excuse the long reply... work has been taking up a lot of time lately. Any suggestions with this output? -------- Original Message -------- From: Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Apparently from: alsa-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: stonee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Unable to configure ASUS A7V sound card with Alsa Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:46:07 +0100 > stonee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > The card is enabled in the BIOS, > > Is the entry "Enabled" or "Auto"? The latter means the BIOS > automatically disables it when it finds another sound card, because, > apparently, it doesn't expect anybody would want to use it when there > is a _real_ sound card. > > This is common with BIOSes for VIA chipsets. The Linux kernel has code > to forcibly enable the AC'97 controller on VT8237-based mainboards. > In the case of older mainboards like yours, which sometimes didn't have > audio, this cannot be done automatically. > > Also check that Sound Blaster emulation is disabled. > > > but does not appear in the lspci output. > > Please show the lspci output. > > > I was also surprised to find that Asus supplies drivers that support > > RedHat 6.2. > > This is no surprise if you consider that RH 6.2 comes with kernel 2.2.14, > which didn't yet have ALSA. > > I strongly suggest you forget those drivers and use the snd-via82xx > driver of your distribution, which is likely to be newer by about eight > years or so. > > > HTH > Clemens > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
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