Realtek AC'97 drivers

[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?

[i2kdave]

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

[Insane Insomniac]

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

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

[oldcpu]

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

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

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

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

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?

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]

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

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

[i2kdave]

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

[techieMoe]

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

Are we talking about all sounds here or just CDs?