sound card detection for nforce2 board
 

I have recently installed Red Hat Fedora. Fedora auto detected my 3com networking port and USB interfaces. However, it did not detect my on board sound. I went to NVIDIA's site and downloaded the tar file with the drivers. I un-tared them and followed the directions on the sight. Afterwards Fedora detected my other networking port (nvnet) but it did not find the onboard sound. I tried to change the modules.conf file to to match what nvidia had in their html help page. But every time i reboot the computer the modules.conf changes it back to what it was when i first installed the OS. Can any one give me a hand, or a good place to look for an answer? Either post a reply or email me at mbn1@geneseo.edu

Thanks a lot
nitchman2383

i have no idea why your modules.conf is changing, are you modifying it as root or a normal user?

anyways, forget the Nvidia audio drivers, they suck scrotum, download the latest version of alsa (alsa-driver, alsa-lib, alsa-utils, and alsa-oss) then
'./configure', 'make' and 'make install' (or checkinstall) on all of them.

then download 'alsaconf' (google it) and know that your board uses the intel8x0 alsa module (the name is misleading, but I have nforce2 and thats the correct driver)

also, use checkinstall so you can upgrade your kernel and not be stuck cleaning up your old alsa.

LAST but not least, dont forget 'alsamixer' and 'alsactl store' and then put alsactl restore in your startup.

im prety sure those instructions should have you on your way to having quality, highly configurable sound on your computer.

PS: visit http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/ for any more nforce related questions.

Thanks for the help. :) i downloaded the alsa drivers version 1.0.4. Ran ./configure , make, make install for all of them. Now im having trouble with the alsaconfig tool. I downloaded one and i tried to install it but a warning dialogue popped up and said it needed alsa drivers and alsa util for it to be installed. But i installed them. Maybe im doing something wrong. Any advice, sorry for beign such a newbie in the linux world. However im an up and coming CS major so, i think this should broaden my horizons. Thanks for all of the help.

first off, try asking this on the linux section of nforcershq

second, ill post my modules.conf, I havent used alsaconf, iv just heard about it, i got the sound part of my modules.conf from the maker of the Nforce 2's audio chipset website.

heres what I have, not all of it is relevant, try to guess at what you need, thats what I did.
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modules.conf
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options snd major=116 cards_limit=1

alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0 id="ICH"

alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :

stuf below may not have to do with sound
alias /dev/ttySHSF* hsfserial
alias char-major-240 hsfserial
alias /dev/ttyCUA* hsfserial
alias char-major-241 hsfserial
alias /dev/modem hsfserial
options hsfserial serialmajor=240 calloutmajor=241

"Loading driver:
Starting sound driver: snd-card-intel8x0 modprobe: Can't locate module snd-card-intel8x0
done
Setting the PCM volume to 100% and the Master output volume to 50%
amixer: Mixer attach default error: No such file or directory
Could not initialize the mixer, the card was probably
not detected correctly."

THis is (above)what i got after i ran alsaconf after install the alsa driver, alsa oss-lib, alsa lib, alsa utils files. Does any one have any tips for me? Im trying to install onboard sound using alsa. I have the NVIDIA drivers installed already. I have no problems playing wave files but some programs with not play sound. Ex. Gaim while sending and recieving messsages. Xmms player. Can any one help. DO you need more info to help me. Oh this is my modules.conf file:

alias eth0 3c59x
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
alias sound-slot-0 nvaudio
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
alias eth1 nvnet

I am currently running redhat fedora core 1. A7N8X -deluxe rev 2
thanks a lot,
nitchman2383