Sound driver but not ALSA for AC97

caovankhanhvn · 08-13-2004, 04:11 AM

I'm runing on Slackware 10 but It does not install my sound on mainboard . Until I update to kernel 2.6.7 , sound can be heard but it not as good as in windows . I see that was soft sound driver ( ALSA or some thing like that ) but I would like to hear a better music from my machine ( it has a 5.1 speaker and in Windows it work very nice ) .

Somebody help me ?

Cedrik · 08-13-2004, 05:15 AM

Did you try to ajust settings with alsamixer ? Also what is your program to play sound ?

caovankhanhvn · 08-13-2004, 05:28 AM

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alsamixer

I try command alsamixer but

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root@SlackOnLaptop:~# alsamixer
No mixer elems found

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what is your program to play sound

I try alot off program but none of them work ! .

Please detail for me , I don't know much about setting hardware in Linux ( because I user Fedora before and it recognize all hardware for me )

Cedrik · 08-13-2004, 05:32 AM

In a first step try alsaconfig as root, then alsamixer as normal user

caovankhanhvn · 08-13-2004, 05:40 AM

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root@SlackOnLaptop:~# alsaconfig
-bash: alsaconfig: command not found

I look in my installed packet , there are alsa-driver , alsa-lib , alse-oss . alsa-utils
( all of them was installed when my Slackware 10 installation finished ) . But you know , I would like :

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but I would like to hear a better music from my machine ( it has a 5.1 speaker and in Windows it work very nice ) .

Can we install with AC97 driver without Alsa ? ?

Cedrik · 08-13-2004, 08:18 AM

Hey my bad

The correct name is alsaconf and it is located : /usr/sbin/alsaconf

Nitrox · 08-15-2004, 05:11 AM

I also have AC97 Sound on my board...

From a fresh install, typed 'modprobe trident' and it was up and running..