ALi 5451 sound gripe on RH 9
I've just installed RedHat 9.0 and everything is peachy cool EXCEPT THE SOUND!!! There's no sound, I get a temporary system freeze while trying to insmod trident (the board uses the Trident 4DWave driver) and nothing!! It worked out-of-the-box in 8.0 !
Where can I get info on module options and so on? Please HELP!! Thanks for reading |
Same thing here...
I have exactly the same problem. Are you using an IBM Thinkpad R30 by any chance ?
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Nope....
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite 1800-804. Anyway, I have found out that the problem is that the source in the install CD is probably broken (2.4.20-8). However, on the RedHat updates FTP there is a 2.4.20-9 rpm package. Such a small increment must mean a small fix, so I'm guessing (more hoping) this is it. I'm trying it now, I'll post my success (or lack of it) soon. :)
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same problem here with a acer travelmate tx. sound doesn't work, i even tried mandrake 9.1 got the same error something like
./kernel/drivers/sound/trident.o init_module. nosuch device no problem with slackware 9 |
Sound gripe all over! :)
Ha!
I went and got the "vanilla" kernel, i.e., the official source tree for 2.4.20, went to kolivas' page and got the ck5 patch, and after 5 or 6 recompilations (most because of poor config choices) I now have sound, USB mouse and a fully preemptible kernel! This patch is great, I can do heavy load tasks and XMMS NEVER... and I do mean NEVER skips the sound. Amazing. This was the main reason for trying out the 2.5 kernel, but Kolivas was kind enough to backport it to 2.4 . Procedure, step by step : 1. Get the official 2.4.20 source tree from ftp.kernel.org or some other spot 2. Bunzip it into /usr/src/ . The directory with the version number will be created, meaning /usr/src # tar -jxvf kernel-2.4.20.tar.bz2 3. Get the ck5 patch from http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckoli...4.20.patch.bz2 4. Bunzip it in the source directory for 2.4.20, meaning /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 # bunzip2 ck5_2.4.20.patch.bz2 5. Apply the patch /usr/src/linux-2.4.20 # patch -p1 < ck5_2.4.20.patch 6. make menuconfig and set the options (REMEMBER to set the "pre-emptible kernel" options) 7. make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install 8. copy /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot and copy /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/System.map to /boot too 9. configure LILO or GRUB 10. reboot! enjoy! :) If you need help, I can send you my kernel configurations file with all the options set correctly to support Trident's board. Hey, I wasted a whole night, no need for someone else to waste it too! :) Have fun! I know I'm having! LOL PS - Linux SO rox |
it would be very nice of you if you could send me you kernel configuration, my e-mail address mb_vc2000@yahoo.it
thanx in advance |
anyone can send me that damn patch? i cant find it on the site posted... i'm getting the same problem u guys had...thanx
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I have a Tos Sat 1800 and had nothing but bad luck with RH9 and the sound card.
What's bizarre, is that RH8 found the sound card perfectly. I finally gave up after trying EVERY CONCEIVABLE combination of drivers available for it on the net. Finally, I went to Mandrake 9.1. Don't use 9.2! |
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