dear friends,
i have a pc with following configuration
p4,1.5Ghz,256mb sdram,rivatnt agp.i have linux with windows os.
my pc was working fine untill i upgraded BIOS.My windows Os is working well.but i am not able hear sound in LINUX!!!!!!!!!

i reinstalled and tried all LINUX like redhat mandrake.but NO SOUND

in my pc SMbus controller and MUltimedia device share same IRQ number ie 5.
when i run sndconfig in LINUX iget


intel i82801BA/BAM AC97
chipse in auto detection and in manual mode i810 audio is highlited
WHEN I SELECT THIS ,SAMPLE SOUND IS NOT HEARD

in linux ihave OSS drivers.in LSMOD command i get
i810_audio
ac97_codec
sound
soundcore


in the list
BUT IHAVE NOPROBLEM WITH WINDOWS

PLEESE HELP AS I AM NOT ABLE TO ENJOY LINUX WITHOUT SOUND



UTTAM H
MANGALORE
INDIA

get oss:

http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi

this a tar ball - extract it using this:

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz

read the INSTALL file and follow the steps. worked fine with my VIA sound (AC97 based also) that is onboard a P4VMM2 motherboard.

The installaton is pretty neat (and easy to follow). It'll load the modules and do a test for you.

May be u need to recompile ur kernel

***********Phear the Penguin

another thing you might try is to make sure the PnP BIOS is disabled, I had to turn mine offf to Get my Creative SB Live! to work