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Re: [opensuse] SMART have broken my system(SOLVED)
  • From: GunnarH <gunnar.haland@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:58:51 +0200
  • Message-id: <44D4F87B.6030409@xxxxxxx>
BandiPat skrev:
> On Saturday 05 August 2006 00:54, GunnarH wrote:
>
>> It a VIA VT8233 AC97 card, and I have been using it with SuSE all the
>> time, I sometime must restart my system to get my sound to work.
>> I have used YAST to delet the card, reboot my system, and let Yast
>> find the card again. Just the same, the sound is choppy and it skip
>> for a little second, the loop thing has gone. It is as my system are
>> running on a heavy load.
>> If I fire up my 10.0, on the same PC, the sound is o.k.
>> It must be something with the update that my system do not like.
>> It is fine from the start.
>> I have got mp3 to work, xine are playing DVD, mplayer, mplayerpluginn
>> and w32 codec work.
>> I have installed my opensusue 10.1 10 times, and it is the sound that
>> gives my problem. First time it was when I tried to install NVIDIA
>> card for my system, then the sound broke.
>>
>> GunnarH
>>
>>
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>
>
> My first guess would be that there is some unnecessary load on the cpu
> then, which would cause sound from the motherboard to act in the manner
> you describe. I'm sure there are some things running in 10.1 that
> wasn't in 10.0, which may account for the difference you note between
> them.
>
> The new ZMD stuff for updates/yast2, beagle, can all be sources of over
> taxing the cpu. Again, the best solution is a PCI sound card. They
> are inexpensive now, so to get your best sound, that's the way to go.
> Otherwise, search for the causes of the extra cpu usage and either
> remove those or learn to live with the occasional choppy sound.
>
> Wish I could be more encouraging about your problem, but what you
> describe is a common problem with built-in sound on the motherboard.
> I've never run across one that didn't have this problem, no matter what
> OS is installed.
>
> regards,
> Lee
>
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I did a search in an old desk, and I found an old PCI card, it was an
Creative Sound Blaster, and after I installed this, the sound is fine.
Thank you.
But how do I disable the on-board card. After a restart, I have to use
Yast to change to the Creative Card, my PC start with the on board card
as default.

GunnarH

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