On 19.01.2015 21:04, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:20:33PM +0100, poma wrote: >> On 19.01.2015 19:41, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> On 01/18/2015 03:02 AM, poma wrote: >>>> On 18.01.2015 00:33, Fred Smith wrote: >>>>> I'm trying to get an old Creative CT4810 sound card working on my F20 >>>>> machine. I've disabled, in the BIOS, the built-in sound hardware, plugged >>>>> the creative card into a PCI slot, booted up and lspci shows no sound >>>>> hardware. >>>>> >>>>> I tried removing and reinstalling the alsa packages that were currently >>>>> installed to no avail. perhaps there's another one I need specifically >>>>> for that card? How to tell? >>>>> >>>>> Any advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance! >>>>> >>>>> Fred >>>>> >>>> >>>> First, the kernel needs to see that device, if it ain't broken in the first place. >>>> Try move it to another free slot if possible, and or reset the BIOS to its defaults. >>> >>> First, I'd try "lspci" and verify that the hardware is actually seen. >>> If it is, it may be that you need to load a driver or firmware for it. >>> The kernel may not do it automagically since it's an older card. >> >> Rather than repeat what has already been written, go test your C77 with latest & greatest, uncle Pierre is calling you. > > C77 ?? > > uncle Pierre ?? > > no, lspci doesn't list it (as I think I've said before--if not, my apologies). > > Haha, sorry, it was for Rrrrricky! C77 is GeForce 8200 IGP as part of MCP77 - Nvidia. So have you tried the other slot, even better on another machine? Linux won't magically fix that card if it is defective, you know. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
