nVidia, AC97 sound, and UDEV.

[David A. Cobb]

Daniel T. Chen wrote:
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> David A. Cobb wrote:
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>> "sound/pci/ac97"  OK, I figure I'm real smart so I do a "# modprobe 
>> ac97" which appears to work.  Also, recalling what nVidia used to 
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> Barking up the wrong tree here.
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So much for figuring "I'm real smart!"
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>> SO, am I using the right driver, or do I need to compile in the "intel8x0".
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> We already compile and provide snd-intel8x0.ko and snd-ac97-codec.ko
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> linux-image-2.6.foo packages.
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OK, I did locate them using those names and did a modprobe snd-intel8x0 
to make sure it was loaded (?). Still no joy!
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>> And, while we're at it, if someone can advise what udev configuration 
>> statements I need to assign the /dev/dsp* names to the appropriate node 
>> numbers, that would be nice too.
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> You wouldn't touch udev, actually.
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> Essentially, if snd_intel8x0 is loaded, is selected as the default sound
> driver, and is detected and shown properly with ``asoundconf list'',
> then the real issue is a mixer level [elements] one, i.e., "your volumes
> are not set properly.
asoundconf list doesn't say that!:

Names of available sound cards:
nForce2

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> Look at the output from ``amixer''.
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Probably useless in light of the above, however:
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And as silent as can be.

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