use alsaconf in su
choose Cirrus Logic snd-cs4236 (Crystal Audio) driver
follow instructions
configure alsamixer and/or kmix
then checkout lsmod to see it installed
Knoppix 4.0 is not finding my intergrated sound card on my Dell Optiplex GXl. The chip on the motherboard is a Crystal cs4236b-ka, Atajte9949
Is there way to load a driver for it?
lspci -v shows the following:
root@0[~]# lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
bridge (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP
bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fc000000-feffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f9000000-f9ffffff
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
(prog-if 80 [Master])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
(prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dce0 [size=32]
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
0000:00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX
[Cyclone] (rev 24)
Subsystem: Dell 3C905B Fast Etherlink XL 10/100
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Memory at ff000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro
AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Dell Optiplex GX1 Onboard Display Adapter
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at fcfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
use alsaconf in su
choose Cirrus Logic snd-cs4236 (Crystal Audio) driver
follow instructions
configure alsamixer and/or kmix
then checkout lsmod to see it installed
Similar issue with Dell Dimension 1100. WIll try same solution and share results later.

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