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 : Sat Jun 26 2004 05:50 pm Forrest wrote: > Hiawatha Bray wrote in message > news:... >> 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. > > According to this -- > > http://www.linuxtested.com/results/Asus_A7V600.html > > -- you're currently out of luck. > > There are various obvious options at this point: 1) spend money ($5 on > up) on a sound card that's known to work, 2) come back later, 3) give > up, 4) get to a command line and start pounding away with esoteric > incantations obtained by googling on ALSA and AD1980, 5) try another > distribution just in case (thank goodness they're freely > downloadable). > > If "I just want it to work" is the key phrase, 5 and 1 are where to > start. If "I enjoy solving esoteric technical problems for no pay" is > the key phrase, start with 4. Actually, there was another option. I stuck my CD in the drive and ran the installation repair option. Then I rebooted--and the sound worked. I have no idea why, but I'm sitting here listening to music right now, so I must have done something right. Alas, the TV tuner card--an old Hauppauge--still doesn't work. Oh well...I don't watch much TV anyhow. .