sound in Dell 4550

im1crazyassmofo · 03-24-2003, 08:24 AM

I have a Dell 4550 and i just installed Slackware 9 on it! but the sound doesnt work...

its the onboard one so i dunno what to do...anyone know how to fix it?

doublefailure · 03-24-2003, 10:09 AM

i have that computer too
get alsa
http://www.alsa-project.org/

im1crazyassmofo · 03-24-2003, 03:35 PM

thats not working..i need more help

im1crazyassmofo · 03-24-2003, 09:48 PM

how do i use that alsa-project thing...i downloaded it but now what do i do?

doublefailure · 03-24-2003, 09:56 PM

k get all 5 of those files
driver/ library/utilities/ ...

for driver
tar xzf alsa-driver*
cd alsa-driver*
less INSTALL

./configure && make && make install
snddevices
utils/alsaconf
utils/alsasound start

modprobe snd-intel8x0
amixer set Master 100 unmute
amixer set PCM 100 unmute
amixer set Headphone 100 unmute

im1crazyassmofo · 03-25-2003, 09:16 AM

it works untill i get to:

modprobe snd-intel8x0
amixer set Master 100 unmute
amixer set PCM 100 unmute
amixer set Headphone 100 unmute

i type modprobe snd-intel8x0 and it says:

modprobe: Can't locate module snd-intel8x0

know what to do?

doublefailure · 03-25-2003, 10:54 AM

try insmod snd-intel8x0 instead.
and rebooting.. =(

im1crazyassmofo · 03-25-2003, 11:23 AM

i get the error

insmod: snd-intel8x0: no module by that name found

doublefailure · 03-25-2003, 12:19 PM

snd-intel8x0 should have been copied to
/lib/modules/your kernel-version/kernel/sound/pci

mine is here
/lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.o

if u don't see it, u missed something in installation..

read INSTALLATION and try it again
did u do 'make install' ?

im1crazyassmofo · 03-25-2003, 12:30 PM

ok yeah i must have messed up...but yes i did do a make install

doublefailure · 03-25-2003, 11:08 PM

that's weird..

i have slack pkg created by checkinstall that says the file has been copied to the directory (/lib/modules..../)
when i did make install

try
make install > mkinstall_log
grep snd-intel8x0 mkinstall_log

see if u see it's being copied