which sound module for an intel 82801H sound controller?

andy baxter andy at earthsong.free-online.co.uk
Mon Jan 21 15:08:59 UTC 2008


Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know if it is related, but this morning I've installed 
> virtualbox and after that sound is not working anymore.
>
> I guess I reloaded my modules and thereby lost the audio modules, but 
> now the question is: how to get the right audio kernel module back?
>
> lspci -v is saying:
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
> Controller (rev 02)
>          Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2008
>          Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
>          Memory at 90320000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>          Capabilities: <access denied>
>
> but if i check 
> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Intel
> there is no ICH8-specific alsa-module apparently.
>
> also if I do sudo modprobe-snd[TAB]
>
> I get a load of possibilities, but I don't know the correct modules to 
> load. Does anyone have more info which sound module I should use?
>   
try snd-intel8x0 - this (I think) is a generic module for all soundcards 
that use the ac'97 bus, usually used by onboard soundcards. It will also 
load snd-ac97-codec.




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