sound card driver

Phaoroh · 02-24-2007, 07:29 PM

How can I find out what sound card is in my pc using ubuntu? Do I need to type something in terminal?

Phaoroh.

Linux.tar.gz · 02-24-2007, 07:43 PM

sudo lspci

Phaoroh · 02-24-2007, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linux.tar.gz

sudo lspci

when i type that, this is what i get:

Code:

login@linksys:~$ sudo lspci
Password:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05)
00:14.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:14.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:14.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)

Linux.tar.gz · 02-25-2007, 04:55 PM

No soundcard in here.

Maybe your card is ISA.

Lexia · 02-26-2007, 08:19 PM

Phoaroh,

Funny, I just went through that exact same sequence - lspci says nothing about any sound card. The following gave me a whole lot more info (I'm running Debian Sarge 2.6.8):

go to /proc/asound/oss, then look at sndstat. (I use more to dump files to the screen, you can also use less or cat)
It told me that I didn't actually have a sound card, and my driver is an ALSA emulation.

Just going to /proc/asound and typing more *
will tell you a lot about your sound system. I just discovered the proc directories and finally don't miss my RedHat hwconf file.

Now to find the answer to my question: why am I getting such fantastic sound without a sound card??? Spooky.

Lexia

Lexia · 02-26-2007, 08:33 PM

Ooops! Just noticed this is Ubuntu forum. I've read Ubuntu is a Debian derivative - hope it's close enough for my post to be applicable.

Otherwise, I do apologise - still learning!

Lexia

Phaoroh · 02-26-2007, 11:28 PM

sad to say it, but i have unfortinately turned my old crappy compaq back to windows (at least I just swapped hard drives). Ubuntu wasn't recognizing my sound card and I read up on it and theres a lot more work to be done than I really find necessary. It came down to 10min hard drive swap or hours of linux troubles.

Phaoroh.

Lexia · 02-27-2007, 11:38 PM

Sometimes it's just the best thing to do - discretion and valor and all that.

Best of luck with old/new setup.