VIA VT8233 AC'97 audio driver problem with redhat 8.0
I just installed redhat 8.0 on my computer. during the setup redhat said it found my sound card and asked to play a test sound. the test sound didn't play. when i logged in after the reboot i tried to play a CD, and no sound came out. i than ran sndconfig (/usr/sbin/sndconfig) it said it found the onboard audio then it listed a bunch of errors as listed below.
│ │ │ /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: │ │ init_module: No such device │ │ /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: │ │ insmod │ │ /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o │ │ failed │ │ /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: │ │ insmod sound-slot-0 failed │ i then downloaded the drivers from VIA for redhat 8 and it came in a .gz file. when i unzipped it, i looked at the files and had no idea what to do with them.the directions didn't help ether. i was reading a website that said something about turning them into .rpm install files but that confused me . i am extremely new to linux and need some help with this problem. like i said it is a VIA Technologies VT8233 AC'97 Audio Controller build into a ASUS A7V8X motherboard. also if you find the drivers in a nice self-install package like drivers for windows please let me know thank you |
Same problem
I have the Gigabyte GA-7VAXP with the AC97 onboard sound, and I can't figure out how to get it to work either. I've seen stuff about recompiling the kernel with sound support, installing alsa, and loading kernel modules, but in every case I can't figure it out. There is lots of stuff out there on message boards and stuff, but none of it makes sense. It sucks being a newb.
BTW: I have redhat 8.0, as well. |
did you just modprobe the card module? because unless soundcore is built into the kernel you could try probing in sound too.
just guessing though as i do not use RH. |
If you really can't solve the problem inside RH there do exist some pre-built RPMs to install ALSA. See
http://freshrpms.net/docs/alsa/ Read this carefully - driver package has to match your kernel exactly. There are packages there for RH8 and RH9. Disclaimer: I haven't touched RH for years, much less had any experience of ALSA with RH. I'm just pointing out the existence of these things. |
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