Sound Card not working on "IBM A51 8123-Q2W"

pradipta12345 · 05-06-2006, 06:29 AM

Hi........
I had installed Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike) on IBM 8123-Q2W PC.....
The sound card is Sondmax with AD 1888 codec....
The lspci -v shows :
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2580 (rev 04)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] #09 [2109]

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2582 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 34e0 [size=8]
Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0180000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2660 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d00fffff
Capabilities: [40] #10 [0141]
Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2658 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 3440 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2659 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 3460 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 265a (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 3480 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 265c (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at d03c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] #0a [20a0]

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev d4) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]

00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 266e (rev 04)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 3
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
I/O ports at 3400 [size=64]
Memory at d03c0800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at d03c0400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2640 (rev 04)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2651 (rev 04) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at <unassigned>
I/O ports at 34d0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 266a (rev 04)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 34a0 [size=32]

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 167e (rev 11)
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 02f7
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] #10 [0001]

I think the drivers for the sound card are not installed...
Where would i find the drivers

Pls help

Pradipta

Kirmonkey · 05-06-2006, 08:06 AM

Install the following packages

alsa-base alsa-utils

Then as root type the following

# alsaconf

Post back if you need more details

whk · 05-06-2006, 12:01 PM

So far I hav'nt seen the Analog Devices driver

here

from ALSA to configure. Hope that ALSA gets updated.

Even the proprietary driver is not listed
here

good luck

pradipta12345 · 05-08-2006, 05:29 AM

Thanks Everybody for giving me ur valuable suggetions.

I had find the solution to my problem and so i thought i would share it with u.

I had downloaded a oss package and it has done the job for me.....

Thanks everybody again...

Pradipta