Subj : Re: Sound card won't work...why?
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
From : Hiawatha Bray
Date : Mon Jun 21 2004 02:06 pm

I ran modprobe as superuser and got...nothing.  Not even an error message.
Nothing.  How frustrating.  Any other thoughts?  Thanks.

Bill Unruh wrote:

> Hiawatha Bray <watha@monitortan.com> writes:
> 
> ]
> ]I just installed Suse Linux 9.1 on a new computer with a soundcard on the
> ]motherboard.  Suse identifies it thus:
> 
> ]Asustek A7V600 motherboard (ADI AD1980 codec [SoundMAX])
> 
> ]It seemed to set up the card correctly, but now I get no sound.  When I
> went ]to Yast to try to reconfigure it, I got this message:
> 
> ]The kernel module snd-via82xx for sound support could not be loaded. 
> This ]can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO
> or IRQ ]parameters.
> 
> ]Also, I got this:
> 
> ]An error has occurred.  Check you have correctly installed the ALSA
> package ]"from the series 'snd')
> 
> ]If the problem persists try passing options to the ALSA module.  If your
> ]sound card still will not work, try OSS/Free or another module.
> 
> 
> ]Well, as you can imagine, I find all this less than helpful.  Why can't
> the
> ]kernel module be loaded?  How do I find out if I have it?  If not where
> do
> ]I it?  And how do I load it?
> 
> ]Anybody got an idea what this is all about and what I can do about it?
> 
> Try modprobe -v snd-via82xx
> and see what the error messages are.

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