Here: didier[~]$ zgrep -i ac97 /proc/config.gz CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE=y CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0 CONFIG_SND_SOC_AC97_BUS=y CONFIG_SND_SOC_AC97_CODEC=m CONFIG_AC97_BUS=m Unless you are building a custom kernel I am a bit surprised: as far as I know pretty much all distributions ship kernels with ac97 provided as modules. Didier Le 23/10/2020 à 17:51, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > I think my mistake was having ac97 built into the kernel; could be ac97 > doesn't like that housing. I'll try rebuilding that as a module and see > if I get further. The linux kernel configuration is so complex it's not > easy to know which things need to be in the kernel as built-ins and > which need to be modules. > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:22:10 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card >> >> The sound card drivers are modules, so just build the module if need be. >> Ac97 sounds pretty standard to me though, so I think it should be part of the >> standard setup already. >> The pc speaker is something else though. >> There is a module called pcspkr which allow the use of that. >> All pc's does not have a speaker though. >> Maybe I am missing something in your message? >> Regards, Willem >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> >>> I have an ac97 sound card and a c-media usb sound card on a system. I >>> have only had success activating the pcspeaker when building a kernel for >>> gentoo. I have no clue as to what to enable to get this done. This is >>> even after having gone through lspci output and lsmod output with the >>> install-minimal dvd running the operating system The speaker-test utility >>> puts out sound in the chroot environment and is silent after first boot >>> into the new environment made by the compiled kernel. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list