my DFI motherboard come with cmi9739a sound chip doesn't work under Mandrake 9.2. Where can i download the driver and who can provide me the step by step installation way ?

10ss for help.

There should be a readme in there somewhere.

but where can i get the driver? Any one had success install this driver before ?

Try the command (as root) modprobe cmaudio and if it loads then try and play some sound. If the previous commands fails then try modprobe i810_audio and try to play another sound.

still it doesn't work. i had tried modprobe cmaudio but it fail. the following message shown:

modprobe: Can't locate module cmaudio

then i try modprobe i810_audio, it also fail:

/lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz failed
modprobe: insmod i810_audio failed


How to solve?

hi mschua44,

i hav same problem as u. I download the driver from the c-media website. U can found the driver there. But the problem is i had follow the instruction to install the driver but fail. I fail to compile the file. Can anybody help us?

What error do you get while trying to compile it? ... And at which stage?

I'm in the same boat. Installed mandrake 9.2 on a machine with an MSI main board. CM9739 audio chipset. Downloaded drivers from c-media. I'm fairly new to linux so I'm sure I screwed something up. 'config_x86_l1_cache_shift' undeclared here as well as a laundry list of other errors. Anybody with more detailed input? Everything but sound seems to have worked great. Video drivers compiled fine etc. Very pleased with operation of KDE. I'd just love to get my existing hardware working. Hate to run out and buy a soundcard when my other OS works fine with the onboard one. Thanks in advance.