Subj : Re: Problems with sound on dell laptop, Fedora Core 2, Kernel 2.6.7
To   : alt.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
From : Lenard
Date : Sat Jul 24 2004 09:05 pm

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:14:14 -0400, Jeffrey Silverman wrote:

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> 3. I installed a PCMCIA WLAN Card.  Orinoco Classic Gold. It works.  But
> to get it working, I upgraded the appropriate wlan drivers -- twice,
> actually.  First I applied a patch I found somewhere to enable monitor
> mode (monitor-0.13e.patch) and then, when that didn't work, I installed
> the 0.15rc1 drivers (orinoco-0.15rc1.tar.gz from the sourceforge group
> doing these drivers)

Why? The 2.6.7 kernel has support for the Orinoco PCMCIA card, all you
need to do is build the support from the source code you had already.

# Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
...
#
# Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support #
# CONFIG_AIRO is not set
CONFIG_HERMES=m
# CONFIG_PLX_HERMES is not set
# CONFIG_TMD_HERMES is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_HERMES is not set
# CONFIG_ATMEL is not set

#
# Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support #
CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=m
# CONFIG_AIRO_CS is not set
# CONFIG_PCMCIA_WL3501 is not set


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> I can workaround this problem, but I'd rather get it fixed. Any insdight
> would be great.  Thanks in advance!

Adjust your /etc/modprobe.conf file to match the ASLA configuration
information for your Dell Inspiron 1150 sound chip (lspci -v) found at;

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/

It might be a good idea to [re]configure the alsa sound support for the
2.6.7 kernel also (if needed).


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