Onboard Sound ASUS A7V8X-X

["Monkey Linux" <linuxmonkey99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everybody.

I'm a Linux newbie - just bought my first computer last week.
I have installed RedHat 8.0 (psyche)

I am having trouble setting up the online sound for my ASUSUS a7B8X-X 
motherboard.

Can you help me?

> In the manual that came with the motherboard.
> The Audio specifications are: ADI 1980 6-channel CODEC S/PDIF out 
> interface.
> Audio controller: AC97 Audio controller
>
> If I start X, then open main => systemsettings => soundcard detection
>
> Then the sound configuration dialog pops up with the following information:
>
> Vendor: VIA technologies
> Model: VT8233 AC97 Audio controller
> Module: via82cxxx_audio
>
> This seems to be correct information. However clicking on the "Play Test 
> Sound" button has no result.
>
> Within the file /var/log/messages are the following error messages:
>
> *******
>
> localhost insmod: 
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: init_module: 
> No such device
>
> localhost insmod: Hint: ins_mod errors can be caused by incorrect module 
> parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters, you may find more 
> information in syslog or the output from dmesg
>
> localhost ins_mod: 
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-24/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: ins_mod: 
> sound-slot-0 failed
>
> localhost modprove: modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3
>
> *******
>
> It is, indeed, true that the directory 
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound
> does not contain a file named via82cxxx_audio.o
> It does, however contain a file named ac97_codec.o
> and a file named ac97.o
>
> Two solutions immediately suggest themselves:
> 1. Try using the ac97_codec driver or the ac97 driver instead of the 
> via82cxxx_audio driver
> 2. Try to download a copy of the via82cxxx_audio driver from the internet.
>
> I tried the first solution first. The original contents of the file 
> /etc/modules.conf was
>
> alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
> 2>&1 || :
> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
> 2>&1 || :
>
> without really knowing what I was doing, since I'm a complete newbie, I 
> tried changing this to
>
> alias sound-slot-0 ac97
> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
> 2>&1 || :
> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
> 2>&1 || :
>
> then rebooting my computer.
> The computer successfully rebooted
> I then started X and tried again:
> main => systemsettings => soundcard detection
>
> Again the sound configuration dialog poped up - but the information was the 
> same as before!
>
> Vendor: VIA technologies
> Model: VT8233 AC97 Audio controller
> Module: via82cxxx_audio
>
> via82cxxx_audio had not been changed to ac97!!!!
>
> Why is this?
> It seems that redhat-config-sound is not making use of the configuration 
> information in /etc/modules.conf
> What configuration file is it using instead?
> How can I over-ride the auto-probe?
> or alternatively, where can I get hold of the via82cxxx_audio driver?
>
> If you've read this far into my email,
> Thankyou for your time.

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