ALi 5451 chipset

cool_lai · 05-03-2003, 09:13 AM

Hi,
My sound card using ALi 5451 chipset is unable to work in Redhat 9 and Mandrake 9.1, it is able to detect the sound card, but can't load the driver. i tried installing the driver from ALi and ALSA but it can't work

However, it works perfectly on Slackware 9. Alan Cox told me its a bug in the kernel. so i think the best way is to update it, but i have no idea how to do that? i know the kernel is available from www.kernel.org but no idea how to install it

ghostdancer · 05-03-2003, 09:20 PM

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Originally posted by cool_lai
Hi,
My sound card using ALi 5451 chipset is unable to work in Redhat 9 and Mandrake 9.1, it is able to detect the sound card, but can't load the driver. i tried installing the driver from ALi and ALSA but it can't work

However, it works perfectly on Slackware 9. Alan Cox told me its a bug in the kernel. so i think the best way is to update it, but i have no idea how to do that? i know the kernel is available from www.kernel.org but no idea how to install it

Hi... Did not see you post yesterday...

You mean, you manage to setup the system in Slackware and make it work? I thought Slackware 9 kernel level is the same as Redhat (though, AFAIK, Redhat addes some fix of their own)?

Maybe you can try 'dmesg' to see the different between Slackware and Redhat about the sound card detection. Maybe will give some clue why there is such different.

cool_lai · 05-03-2003, 10:32 PM

i setup slackware, put a cd inside and can play it :P

i think RH has some bugs in the kernel, RH edit until gone crazy :P:P

haha, someone told me that he made the chip work in RH9, going to try out his method soon

ghostdancer · 05-03-2003, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by cool_lai
i setup slackware, put a cd inside and can play it :P

i think RH has some bugs in the kernel, RH edit until gone crazy :P:P

haha, someone told me that he made the chip work in RH9, going to try out his method soon

Oh... That is good news... Where did you find the information? Got a link?

cool_lai · 05-03-2003, 11:41 PM

its an email
he use alsa packages that is *.rpm.
but i can't install it...i click so many times never install
hai
maybe my newer version got prob

ghostdancer · 05-04-2003, 12:35 AM

You should let him know about your problem...

But, hey if Slackware work, why not just stick with Slackware...

cool_lai · 05-04-2003, 12:58 AM

too chim lah.........
should always start from the easiest
i emailed him already

cool_lai · 05-04-2003, 11:33 PM

finally got the soundcard to work
i read a book on linux and it said
rpm -Uvh /dir/*.rpm to install every rpm in that dir
after that i modprobe snd-ali5451,
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
make xconfig
put ali 5451 support as yes
make dep; make modules; make install
then it works
no idea if i should recompile my kernel or not

jhsouthworth · 06-22-2003, 12:25 PM

i'm curious where the ali5451 aption is in xconfig i can't find it. any help would be appriciated.

ghostdancer · 06-29-2003, 06:12 AM

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Originally posted by jhsouthworth
i'm curious where the ali5451 aption is in xconfig i can't find it. any help would be appriciated.

Is group together as Trident 4DWave DX/NX, SiS 708 or ALi5451 PCI Audio Core