Sound Help

[Derada]

I've been trying to get my computer's sound to work. From what I've read, alsa has more support for different sound cards. Is it necessary to upgrade my linux kernel from 2.4 to 2.8 and then use alsa?

lscpi says my soundcard is Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 04). I'm not sure where to begin. Any help would be appreciated!

[saneisjustaword]

First, I believe 2.6 (2.6.17.7 latest stable, 8/6/06) is the latest kernel, so there is no 2.8. I alos think that you can compile the alsa modules with out updating your kernel. its been awhile sence I configured a soundcard, but I think all you have to do is

apt-get install alsa-base alsa-utils alsa-modules

alsaconf

if that doesn't work you could
apt-get install alsa-source module-assistant

then follow through the menus in module-assistant to build alsa

if I'm missing anything, someone feel free to correct me

[deanlinkous]

I would suggest next (after installing alsa) you open a sound mixer and make sure no sound output is muted, and sound outputs are all raised to fairly high levels.

Might also use the command lsmod to check the status of your modules.
hth,
DeanLinkous

[Derada]

I installed alsa with module-assistant and the drivers were installed properly. I ran alsaconf and it detected my sound card. Everything seemed to have gone well. I checked alsamixer to make sure nothing was muted, but sound still doesn't work.

[Derada]

Using lsmod, I found these modules installed by Alsa:

snd-ac97-codec
snd-mixer-oss
snd-pcm
snd-timer
snd
snd-page-alloc

I don't think any of the other modules are left over from OSS.

mousedev
rtl8250
hid
input
i810_rng
cfi_cmdset_0001
jedec_probe
gen_probe
ich2rom
chipreg
mtdcore
soundcore
usb-uhci
usbcore
ide-scsi
scsi_mod
agpgart
ide-cd
cdom
rtc
ext3
jbd
ide-detect
piix
ide-disk
ide-core
unix