Mandrake 9.1 Sound Problems
 

I have mandrake 91 working except that I can't get my sound card to work.
i did lspci -v and here is what I got
and here is what it says in the Mandrake Control Center
Who do I get sound?

sound
 

Did you try in a console
try typing sndconfig if you are using Red hat or Mandrake

I try sndconfig and it gives me command not found

Try turning up the volumes ! Your card is using alsa which by default mutes ALL volumes. Just open up your fav mixer and muck around !

no that is not it. When I open a song off my harddrive in any mp3 player it just sits there and doesn't give me the options to start or anything. Another thing is my CD-Rom will read data fine but won't even open.

Similiar Problem (not a solution)
 

I've recently installed and began using linux in the past few days. I'm using Mandrake 9.1 and also have the same sound card as Darin3200. However, I find my problem to be related to an I/0 or IRQ conflict, not a driver one. I've noticed it stating this problem everytime linux boots up :cry: . I've used sndconfig and it tells me it supports my soundcard, but it is disabled, change this setting in bios " pnp os = no ". This could be an easy fix, if I had such an option in my bios :scratch: . Anyways, I've dualbooted Linux and WinXP so I could look at a working IRQ/IO settings but i'm stuck at how to apply these new settings to linux. Anyone know?

it looks like the c-media chip is the audio device.
and it says unknown device, so i don't think it's loading
a driver. usually when a new motherboard comes out
with a built in audio, it's a new kind of audio, and takes
linux close to a year to get support for it, unless it's almost
the same as a previous chip. In this case, there are a
bunch of c-media chipset cards and drivers. just try
all the c-media stuff you can find.

ok
how do I even get into sndconfig. do I do it in commandline? I tried it in konsole and it didn't work

Sound Fix 4 U
 

:p To answer your first question about where to get sndconfig, you must install it using the mandrake CD1 (CDs are usually accessed at /mnt/cdrom/) look in the /Mandrake/RPMS/ folder. Browse for a file called "sndconfig-0.68-1mdk.i586.rpm". Run it and it should install by itself. Now log into a root terminal, and type sndconfig, and the program should start running. It will tell you some stuff, and *hopefully* configure your sound.

Now for how I fixed my sound personnaly. In Mandrake you have to edit a few files. You should know these :
1) modules.conf (in /etc/ folder)
2) lilo.conf (forgot where it was but mandrake has an app for it anyways :confused: )

First lets edit modules.conf (must be logged in as root). You can use kedit or anything u like to do this. It should say something like "alias snd-config-0 i810 etc..." for the first 2 lines. Erase them and add "alias sound ac97" (ac97 is the name of the driver I used, use any driver u want here that works. You could type in "modprobe ac97" in a root terminal to test various drivers, replacing ac97 with whatever one u want to test. If you don't recieve an error msg than the driver u tested probably works :) ).

:study: Next lets edit "lilo.conf". In mandrake 9.1 you should run drakeconfig ( theres an icon on the tray in the bottom left, sorry I can't be exact, I don't have my linux comp with me). Go into the bootconfig tab and edit boot options. A button on the top right will say lilo config, click that. It will open a new window with a bunch of options. Click on the advanced button. First thing is to uncheck/recheck the ACPI power mode. For some reason it is not turned on even though it is checked (mybe bug?). Then check the Force no APCI option. Look down to where it says append and add the following to the end of theappend textbox "pci=biosirq". With all of this done, save changes (you will need your mandrake cd1 when you do this).

Next, reboot your system. You should now have a sound card configured when you log back on, although no volume yet. Verify this in "Config > KDE > Information > Sound" where it should say a sound card is configured. If there is one, congrats, your almost done. :scratch:

The last step is to run aumix (type "aumix" in the terminal, if nothing comes up somethings wrong still). This program has the options for volume, which strangely are all muted by default. Unmute ALL, and adjust the volumes to your liking. Save the setting and also use SaveTo to make a backup file. Once you reboot you will have to set the volumes back up again (I have my modules.conf reloading it each boot, but i'm on a different computer right now and can't check what i had set it to, to do this. Mybe later I will post my modules.conf). The reason why you should make a backup is so that you can keep reloading it later.

Hope this helps. :D

to homer.
the setting in the bios can go by different names.
i have little doubt that you don't have it. lots of name
brand computers don't give you this setting.
the setting it is talking about, pnp os, is for setting up
pnp devices. if pnp-os=no is set, then the bios will
set up the pnp devices, assigning them irq's and
address space, whatever is necessary. if pnp-os=yes
is set ( or similar ), then the pnp devices are left along
and uninitialized, and are expected to be set up by
the booting os.

He/she can also simply go at a root command line: urpmi sndconfig

Just a little tip to save time.

I ran sound config and it says my card isn't supported

Ok, I went to the sis website and downloaded the drivers. I did ./install and here is what I got (I cut off some of beginning for lenght but I thought I should include most of it)

maybe you could email them and ask what kernel
that's supposed to work with.

Sorry for brining this up but now whenever I start x I get this error
"Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device or resource busy)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device."
Any ideas why dsp isn't working.
Thanks in advance