Posts by chiphart

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub Before you buy XP, d/l the latest Knoppix, that should confirm whether or not Linux will work on your machine. In fact, Knoppix might find hardware on your machine you wouldn't have...

I THINK I MAY JUMP INTO THE RIVER. I can't get this to work. I almost beginning to wonder if I have a hardware problem (I'll have to break down and throw XP on or something). I was so desperate, I tried loading the oss package...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade The alsa-libs package is used by most things to access the alsa drivers I believe, an API for programs to access so yes you do need to load it. That was my understanding...

I've been hammering my head against the wall about my soundcard problems (still not resolved) and hadnt touched the fact that neither of of my networking options were working under FC4 (I had been using a pcmcia card I had sitting...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub and what does Gnome's mixer program report? "No volume control elements and/or devices found." in a popup.

Update, moving closer. Somewhere on google, someone said, "You have to load the alsalib as well." So, I did (via rpm for now). I went from alsactl giving me this: Code: $ alsamixer ALSA lib...

Quote: Originally Posted by chiphart ..take a stab at lunch. I am so close, I can almost hear it. I removed the alsa rpms. I rec'd a fresh 2.6-14 care of yum. Rebooted. Nothing in dmesg at all (which...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub FC4 ships with kernel 2.6.11. The alsa drivers included in kernel 2.6.11 did not include support for the Intel HDA chip our cards use. Therefore, in order to get support, it would...

Quote: Originally Posted by Starcub I built the driver into the kernel using the pci Intel high definition audio driver option, I don't load it as a module. Call me lazy, but I prefer RPMs :-) ...

Quote: Originally Posted by seablade My thought is that somehow the config between the kernel the RPMs were built for and your config is slightly different, enough to cause it not to be properly inserted. So on that...