Realtek AC'97 drivers

[i2kdave]

ok, I see this running:

dave 5888 0.1 0.6 5188 3548 ? Ss 11:39 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -t

is that what you're talking about? I killed it and the sound still doesn't work.

[i2kdave]

am I stuck with no sound or what?

[techieMoe]

am I stuck with no sound or what?

I'm at a loss. I can't think of anything else to try. Stick around. Perhaps someone else will.

[oldcpu]

am I stuck with no sound or what?

Maybe try downloading the Knoppix Live CD, and see if it plays sound. ... The idea here is to either point the finger squarely at SuSE, ... or maybe point the finger more more generally at linux.

[i2kdave]

am I stuck with no sound or what?

Maybe try downloading the Knoppix Live CD, and see if it plays sound. ... The idea here is to either point the finger squarely at SuSE, ... or maybe point the finger more more generally at linux.

well, I tried using Knoppix and it just hangs on the first screen where it says "Welcome to Knoppix live Linux-on-CD! Checking for for USB..."

what a surprise

[oldcpu]

I just re-read this entire thread (very painful) and I don't see where you replied to my recommendation to delete your audio driver (and then re-install the driver)? Did you try that? Lets call that Recommendation#1.

If SuSE won't let you delete your sound driver, then try the following two, slightly different approaches, I read on another forum:

==========Recommendation #2 =============
Browse to /etc/modprobe.d
Rename the sound file to sound.old (or whatever you prefer)
Then go to > KMenu > Run and enter: kdesu konqueror
Enter your root password.
Now go to Yast > Hardware > Sound
Yast will now detect and configure your sound card.

===========Recommendation#3=============
1. Rename /etc/modprobe.d/sound to whatever you like
2. From Yast- Software- Software Management remove programs that need the sound card. List could include programs such as amarok, kaffeine, libxine1, xine-ui, mplayer and mplayer-plugin. Make a list of these programs, you'll want to re-install them once sound is fixed. Choose Ignore All dependency warnings. If you skip this step Yast will detect and configure your sound card but on reboot sound won't work. Tip- Add installation sources to Yast from http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/
3. Do Yast- Hardware- Sound to detect and configure your sound card. I had an extra card listed and was able to delete it. If you add the installation sources Yast may fix the ignored dependencies from 2 above and download kernel 2.6.13-15-default-nongpl.

No guarantees that any of the above won't make things worse. They worked for a number of SuSE users on a different forum.

[i2kdave]

sorry, I thought deleting the card under yast was the same as deleting the driver....how do I go about deleting it?

I've tried recommendation #2 and the card got configured, but still no sound.

I'll try rec. #3 next.

thanks for all the help

[Shaun Williamson]

If you are running Suse 10 then don't use alsaconf to configure your
soundcard, only use YaST. Find the file 'sound' in /etc/modprobe.d and
rename it to sound.old This will get rid of your conflicting soundcards. Then
go into YaST->Hardware->Soundcard and configure your sound card.
Make a note of the driver name. If you know the name of you motherboard
sound chipset then you can check on the alsa web page for the name of the
correct driver for your chipset.
Once your card is setup correctly you need to configure the alsamixer to
ensure that your sound is enabled. Use the Edit->Preferences to add all the
possible volume and switch controls to the mixer and enable all the ones
that should be enabled. If you still can't get sound post again.

[i2kdave]

no sound, my friend, no sound

[oldcpu]

Apologies if this was asked earlier (and I missed it in the thread), but how do you know your sound hardware isn't broken? Also, are all your sound cables properly connected, speakers have power, and volume control on the speaker turned up maybe 1/3 the way? Reads like a silly question, but I have read of cases where the simple was missed.