Re: Me again

[Rick Knight <rick@rlknight.com>]

David Barron wrote:

> Just to see if it was me doing something wrong I've installed Mandrake 
> 10 and Alsa, both of which use alsa and neither of which are producing 
> any sound in my speakers.
> Since oss works, I'd have to say there is a problem in the 
> snd-intel8x0 that hasn't been resolved since at least 1.0.2.
> I've also done some serious searching on google and it doesn't look 
> like I'm the only person having a problem.  There are hundreds of hits 
> for alsa intel8x0 from people with trouble and no resolution.
>
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David,

I too have an Intel8x0 (ICH2) on-board sound card. After trying for 
weeks to get it working, I finally just turned it off in bios and 
installed a SoundBlaster Live. Had it working in about 10 minutes.  I 
bought the SoundBlaster for $6.00 plus $3.00 on eBay. If the Intel8x0 
ALSA driver is ever fixed I can simply turn it back on, but I don't 
think that's likely. As someone explained it to me, the Intel8x0 is kind 
of like a winmodem style soundcard and will probably never work 
correctly under ALSA. So, save yourself some headache and maybe some 
gray hair and go buy a SoundBlaster.

Rick Knight
(rick@rlknight.com)



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