Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (470 mails)

[Guenter Lichtenberg <lichten@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 14 May 2004 11:51, Neal D. Becker wrote:
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> Just installed 9.1 on MSI amd64.  Sound is via-82xx.  No sound in KDE.  No
> errors.  Tried setting volumes using kmix.  I haven't tried non-kde.  Seems
> others have the same problem.  Any solution?
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Hi -
	I had the same problem with the Fujitsu-Siemens D1607 motherboard (VIA 
onboard sound). After installation no sound, I tried all the VIA drivers in 
yast and always got an error when yast tried to restart the sound system.

I solved this by compiling and installing the latest alsa driver. Don't panic 
- it is no  hassle at all. Here is in short what I did:

1. Download alsa 1.04 driver, libraries, utilities from 
http://www.alsa-project.org/

2. Follow the instructions at

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=VIA&card=&chip=via82c686a&module=via82xx

You have to have the kernel sources installed for it to work.

After the procedure I had sound. I didn't try any fancy, so I don't know if 
sound works with all the bells and whistles.

Hope that helps
gl

Side question:
I had to reinstall the kernel sources to be able to compile. I installed all 
the latest patches with YOU during the installation of 9.1 and checked 
"Remove source packages...". Could that be the reason that I didn't have the 
complete kernel sources anymore? It may sound stupid, but I always thought 
that src.rpm packages were meant to be removed, if I check the option.



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