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03-14-2004, 02:57 PM
Ive read plenty of posts about alsa with this sound card, but I cant seem to find anything useful. Im trying to get sound working on a thinkpad 600, with a CS4237B chip, which is supposed to worth with both alsa and OSS.
Ive tried several things, with a knoppix live cd, i use the cheatcode "knoppix alsa",
which says:
"Preparing modules for alsa...
Building card database"
then:
"Soundcard = driver(alsa)" or something.
while booting.
The sound then doesnt work...
I also tried this:
root@ttyp0[init.d]# cd /etc/init.d/
root@ttyp0[init.d]# ./alsa-autoconfig
Preparing modules for alsa...
root@ttyp0[init.d]#
Still nothing.
when I run sndconfig, it wont detect the card. So I manually select the cs423x driver, and i get... "Segmentation fault", not fun.
I've done a hd install for mini knoppix (it supports my wireless card), I then apt-got alsa-base and utils.
When I run alsaconf, it wont detect the card. Ive tried adding things to modutils, or modconf, as it said on some tutorial. It says "modules not installed". I cant get these modules either because theres none for kernel 2.4.24-xfs.
Can I update (or downdate if needed) my kernel and install the alsa modules, and if so, can someone guide me through it? Ive found a site about compiling custom alsa kernels, followed it for a few hours before deciding its waaay over my head.
Ive also tried following the tut on the alsa website, but thats given me plenty of errors.
Has anyone had these problems before? Ive looked through a lot of forums and tutorials and they either fixed it with alsaconf, or never got a reply. Im quite new to linux, and ive been more than patient with alsa but I dont seem to be going anywhere. Im about to crawl back to windows...
One last thing Ive heard with the thinkpad 600 is the "quick boot" option in the bios, that seems to disable pnp cards. Ive disabled it, but ill have another look now.
Ive tried several things, with a knoppix live cd, i use the cheatcode "knoppix alsa",
which says:
"Preparing modules for alsa...
Building card database"
then:
"Soundcard = driver(alsa)" or something.
while booting.
The sound then doesnt work...
I also tried this:
root@ttyp0[init.d]# cd /etc/init.d/
root@ttyp0[init.d]# ./alsa-autoconfig
Preparing modules for alsa...
root@ttyp0[init.d]#
Still nothing.
when I run sndconfig, it wont detect the card. So I manually select the cs423x driver, and i get... "Segmentation fault", not fun.
I've done a hd install for mini knoppix (it supports my wireless card), I then apt-got alsa-base and utils.
When I run alsaconf, it wont detect the card. Ive tried adding things to modutils, or modconf, as it said on some tutorial. It says "modules not installed". I cant get these modules either because theres none for kernel 2.4.24-xfs.
Can I update (or downdate if needed) my kernel and install the alsa modules, and if so, can someone guide me through it? Ive found a site about compiling custom alsa kernels, followed it for a few hours before deciding its waaay over my head.
Ive also tried following the tut on the alsa website, but thats given me plenty of errors.
Has anyone had these problems before? Ive looked through a lot of forums and tutorials and they either fixed it with alsaconf, or never got a reply. Im quite new to linux, and ive been more than patient with alsa but I dont seem to be going anywhere. Im about to crawl back to windows...
One last thing Ive heard with the thinkpad 600 is the "quick boot" option in the bios, that seems to disable pnp cards. Ive disabled it, but ill have another look now.