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.redh	at
From : Jeffrey Silverman
Date : Sun Jul 25 2004 09:53 am

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:05:19 +0000, Lenard wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:14:14 -0400, Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> 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
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> 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).

Thanks for the reply. You may have missed the details though.

1) I realize that the Orinoco support was already in my kernel.  That is
why I was so frustrated, (not that you could tell the frustration part).
It turned out that my problem was with the *router* and not the card.

But the point remains -- I did download and install the 0.15rc1
orinoco source 

2) sound was working before the WLAN card fiasco.  Now it works, but ONLY
after I run system-config-soundcard.

So, you see, sound works.  But only in a bassackward way.  It used to work
fine.

Thanks! later...
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Jeffrey Silverman
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