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And now it is my sound card that doesn't work...:)..The list goes on.
I have a SoundMax integrated sound card on this machine. I heard something about ALSA so I did a:
apt-get install alsa
and it installed some stuff, but I have no idea what to do about it..:)
But if I try to play something now, it gives me the following error (see image), but there is something called dev/dsp there, but I have no idea what it is. I can even find dsp0, dsp1, and dsp2.
Anyone care to guid me a bit again?
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OK. I just opened the case using a paper clip...:)...and found out that I have a Intel D865GBF mother board. And a sound card with this info: "SoundMAX 4 XL with AudioESP audio subsystem using the Analog Devices AD1985 codec". But when I go to the driver page, there is no drivers for Debian. Can I choose any of the others? If so, what?
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/bf/bf_drive.htm
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I would suggest just downloading a tarball of it, install it, and hope for the best...
I have never used Debian myself, so I wouldnt even know where to start looking for drivers.
So you are here today again..:)
I have never used Debian before either. Last time I used linux it was RedHat 7, and that is a few years ago...:)...and I never managed to install my netowrk card, so actualy, I havn't used it much..:)...and Linux still ticks me off..:)
Tarbal? Is that some kind of zip file? Do you care to elaborate for a poor "old" Windows guy on how to do this? :)
Thanks
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a tarball is basically a zip file that you can also install.
download a file with a .tar file extension for your driver
once its downloaded go into the terminal and type
tar -xvpf filename
although it seems therer are no .tar files there...I have never used a .sh.gz file, so if you have problems extracting it I will try to find you a decompressor.
Well, gz files can be extracted with gzip, so I did that, and then I had a sh file. So I used the sh command to run it:
sh intel8x0-alsa-1.0.1.sh
but then this happend:
Where is it supposed to be, what am I looking for here? Does it try to recompile my kernel? I know jack **** about this....sorry..:DQuote:
Intel(R) Desktop Board Installer.
Starting installer, please wait...
Error:
The installer could not find the kernel source on your
system. Please install the kernel source and try again.
Locations searched:
/usr/src/linux
/usr/src/linux-2.4
/usr/src/2.4.27-2-386
PS: Ohhh...B TW if I have to download it, can I download a newer version, or should I use the exact same version?
you need to find out what kernel version you're using (2.4.27-2-386.)..and you need to use a file with a kernel equal or lower than your current compile.
Hehe...this is not going well...:D...grrrr...
- I downloaded the RedHat Linux 9 drivers.
- Unzipped them
- Downloaded the same kernel as I have
- found the conf-linux-kernel-***** file
- rendamed it to .conf
- moved it to the kernel source dir
- ran "make oldconf"
- and also ran "apt-get update", "apt-get dist-upgrade"
and then started the driver install.
But when I restarted again, then windows was not able to start (I have fixed this now), but my sound card is still not working...grrrrr...any better ideas..:D
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uhh...use redhat9? :D
You could always try asking here -- http://www.debianhelp.org/
They may be able to tell you where to download some debian drivers
Thanks, will try there and see if I have any luck...
You probably should find a good tutorial on how to upgrade your kernel ^.- Also you ARE root when trying to install the new drivers right?
*EDIT*
Also type alsaconf which configures alsa. Also type alsamixer and make sure PCM and Master arent set to off, and they are both up. If they are off hit m to turn it on. Linux sound sucks ill admit that ;)
*EDIT2* lol Also make sure w/e your using to play sound is set to ALSA and not OSS
Thanks for input. But I actualy just came back to this thread now to resolve it..:D
I have used SOOOO much time on this to get it work. And I think I know what was wrong now. It looks like Linux don't want to use my HT at all.:)..So I got a kernel without HT and recompiled and now it works...And then also ALSA started to work with no problem, and my mic...I finaly got my life back..:D....now I only need to get my keyboard working properly and get Thunderbird to connect to our MS Exchange server, and I am ready to rumble...:)