realtek hda driver - fedora 7

[Thesti]

Hi,

i use fedora 7 now, and the soundcard isn't working by the first time installation. then i try to install a realtek driver i found from the internet. when try i install it, an error occured and then my PCM Device in 'soundcard detection' is none. i try to 'Reload audrio drivers' from the same menu. but then this msg box appear saying

[code]'Unable to load kernel module snd-hda-intel. You need to reboot your box for the changes to take effect.'[code]

what does it mean to reboot my box? is there any other way to solve this?

thx

[glennzo]

Reboot means to restart. Shutdown and start it up again. What sound card does your computer have?

[Thesti]

my soundcard is listed as 'Realtek High Definition Audio' in windows

once, when i use fc 5. my soundcard wasn't working too, i install realtek driver from internet and it worked. so, i try to do the same with fedora 7. but at the installation proccess it was stopped with the last line saying

 ./install: line 89: alsaconf: command not found

even when i'm with root access. is there any work around ?

thx

[glennzo]

Could you post the output of the command lspci | grep Audio please.

[Thesti]

thx glennzo

this is the output of 'lspci | grep Audio'

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

[glennzo]

That's the same 'card' I have on my laptop. Sound works here in Fedora7 and 8 Test 3. Look at this link LaptopSound - Fedora Linux My Way. There's a lot of 'stuff' there. It's my wiki. I use it more for a perpetual notepad than a public web site, but the first section should help you sort out your sound issues. Keep in mind that once you get sound working with a particular kernel if there's a kernel update sound will be broken again. Read the wiki closely for tips on how to handle this... The whole deal is actually easier than it looks.

Good luck.

[Thesti]

great!,

it works, good article that you have glennzo

thx a lot.

[glennzo]

Glad I could help.