i2kdave

I just downloaded the drivers for my Realtek AC'97 soundcard, which is a tar.bz2 file. I'm pretty new to this stuff, could anyone tell me how to install this thing?

techieMoe

You might not need drivers for it. Alsa generally configures AC'97 cards (and many other chipsets) out of the box. Are you having trouble with your sound?

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i2kdave

I'm not having any sound at all, so yeah haha

Insane Insomniac

Have you ever had any sound? Something you might try is (as su in konsole) type:
alsaconf

oldcpu

Try YAST > HARDWARE > SOUND > select your sound card and then dependant on your SuSE version, you go to OTHER > VOLUME > TEST, or OPTIONS > TEST, or TEST. .... Move the sliders all the way to the right.

Does that give you any sound under test?

i2kdave

I tried this and I still don't have any sound, I got these errors though....

Loading driver...
Shutting down sound driverERROR: Module snd_ac97_codec is in use by snd_intel8x0
ERROR: Module snd_ac97_bus is in use by snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_pcm is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_pcm
ERROR: Module snd is in use by snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
failed
Starting sound driver: intel8x0 done
Setting default volumes...

i2kdave

I had tried this earlier and didn't get any sound from the test, but now that I've ran 'alsaconf' YaST tells me that the AC'97 card isn't configured and when I try to configure it, it gives me an error that says snd-intel8x0 for sound support could not be loaded

techieMoe

This is really a long shot, but are you sure your onboard sound is turned on in your BIOS?

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i2kdave

if my sound works in Windows, wouldn't it have to be turned on in BIOS?

techieMoe

Are we talking about all sounds here or just CDs?

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