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Amit Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:26:58 +0530
Hi list! Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!
Thoughts/ suggestions are required!
-- Amit Kumar Saha GSM :+91 9903140286 http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com **Linux is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are.**
Amit Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:29:05 +0530
hi!
On 12/19/06, Thomas Adam <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:26:58AM +0530, Amit Saha wrote: > > Hi list! > > Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to > > have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound > > system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected! > > Any of them will do -- changing distributions to alleviate a potential > problem which as your soundcard not working is not an excuse to think > there's some sort of priority for distributions -- it's likely your > problem will only persist. > > So the question then becomes what is it about your soundcard which isn't > working -- and more to the point how is it being detected? You said > you're using FC5 -- are they still using Kudzu as their hardware > detection mechanism? What steps have you undertaken to realise it is > detected? What kernel version are you using? If it's a 2.6.X kernel, > I'm assuming ALSA, in which case what does the following command > produce? > > `` > cat /proc/asound/cards
i get this
0 [VT82xx ]: HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx HDA VIA VT82xx at 0xfbffc000 irq 19
> If this is a stock kernel (hint: "uname -r" is useful here), what does: > > `` > grep -i sound /boot/config-$(uname -r) > '' > > produce as output?
# Sound CONFIG_SOUND=m # Advanced Linux Sound Architecture # Open Sound System # CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set
> These are all basic questions you should have asked yourself -- and > jumping ship just at the first sign of trouble is not the answer. > > -- Thomas Adam > > -- > "Wanting to feel; to know what is real. Living is a lie." -- Purpoise > Song, by The Monkees. >
So what can be inferred from this ?
-- Amit Kumar Saha GSM :+91 9903140286 http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com **Linux is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are.**
Steve Brown [steve.stevebrown at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:02:32 +0000
Hi Amit,
On 19/12/06, Amit Saha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi list! > Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to > have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound > system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!
I'm running Ubuntu Dapper on a box with an AMD 2400 and VIA chipset, with no problems at all.
I did have to ake sure that the onboard sound was enabled in the Bios though.
Steve
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:48:14 +0000
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:29:05PM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:
> i get this > > 0 [VT82xx ]: HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx > HDA VIA VT82xx at 0xfbffc000 irq 19
Then this just becomes a question of loading your sound modules, I suppose. If you run "lsmod", what do you see? You ought to see things like:
[n6tadam@workstation ~]% lsmod | egrep '(sound|snd)' snd_via82xx 28248 1 gameport 14408 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec 94880 1 snd_via82xx snd_ac97_bus 2240 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 84104 2 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec snd_timer 22404 1 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 7680 1 snd_via82xx snd_rawmidi 24672 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8268 1 snd_rawmidi snd 51684 9 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 9440 1 sndHence in your case, you can most likely try doing (as root):
modprobe sndcore && modprobe snd && modprove snd_via82xxThen you can run "alsamixer", unmute your sound devices, and try playing some sound files, or whatever.
-- Thomas Adam
-- "Wanting to feel; to know what is real. Living is a lie." -- Purpoise Song, by The Monkees.
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:56:21 -0800
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:29:05PM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:
> hi!
Amit, you of all people, given your history with LG, should know better than to post html e-mail to TAG.
As it is, *JUST YESTERDAY* I sent you an off-list note to stop sending html mail. Evidently you didn't see fit to take any action on it.
STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
It is very easy to do this in gmail - just pick the "plain text" option when you are composing a message. It's right there in the middle of the line of option buttons, above the box where you enter message text. Gmail will then be able to send plain text (not html) e-mail, and will also do proper quoting style.
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR SENDING HTML MAIL.
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor [email protected]
Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:10:59 -0800
Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik ([email protected]):
> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
I think you mean
<marquee> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. </marquee>
(grinning, ducking, and running very, very quickly)
Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:21:21 -0800
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:10:59AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik ([email protected]): > > > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. > > I think you mean > > <marquee> > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. > </marquee>
Oh, good, he forgot to add <blink> and <bold> tags. And to change the colors. Whew!
> (grinning, ducking, and running very, very quickly)
Rick, can you run faster than I can ride my 1986 Honda Rebel 250? And maybe you haven't read my bio recently.
-grin-
-- Kat Tanaka Okopnik Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor [email protected]
Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:32:05 -0600
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:10:59AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik ([email protected]): > > > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. > > I think you mean > > <marquee> > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. > </marquee>
O Tempura! O Morels! (Why yes, I am a bit hungry. Why d'you ask?) Have the 'blink' and the 'bold' tags lost their vigor in Vim? Or is the thought of a bold blinking marquee too much of a punishment for any crime?
Tune in next time for the amazing conclusion of "As the Belly Churns", when one of the participants says "hey, what about that 'flying letters' effect done with Javascript?", and everyone retches from the effects of excessive and unnecessary HTML.
-- * Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:25:20 +0000
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:26:58AM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:
> Hi list! > Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to > have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound > system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!
Any of them will do -- changing distributions to alleviate a potential problem which as your soundcard not working is not an excuse to think there's some sort of priority for distributions -- it's likely your problem will only persist. So the question then becomes what is it about your soundcard which isn't working -- and more to the point how is it being detected? You said you're using FC5 -- are they still using Kudzu as their hardware detection mechanism? What steps have you undertaken to realise it is detected? What kernel version are you using? If it's a 2.6.X kernel, I'm assuming ALSA, in which case what does the following command produce?
cat /proc/asound/cardsAs an example:
[n6tadam@workstation ~]% cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235 VIA 8235 with CMI9739 at 0xd800, irq 209If this is a stock kernel (hint: "uname -r" is useful here), what does:
grep -i sound /boot/config-$(uname -r)produce as output?
These are all basic questions you should have asked yourself -- and jumping ship just at the first sign of trouble is not the answer.
-- Thomas Adam
-- "Wanting to feel; to know what is real. Living is a lie." -- Purpoise Song, by The Monkees.