Re: [Nolug] more alsa

On Wednesday 05 February 2003 11:19 am, Chris Bloch wrote:
> Andrew S. Johnson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 February 2003 08:00 pm, Chris Bloch wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >>I changed options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
> >>I am using the 0.90rc7 driver.
> >>I did the modinfo -p snd-intel8x0, but it only says that the module
> >>takes four strings of ints.
> >>
> >>I can't think of anything else to try, except maybe changing the bios
> >>from plug-n-play to non plug-n-play. It seems that I have a lot of
> >>stuff on irq 11. Any more suggestions?
> >>
> >>After that, perhaps a pci sound card. Anyone got any suggestions on
> >>good ones with linux compatability?
> >>
> >
> > This is an ISA card? Did you compile the ISA PnP kernel modules, and
> > the use the ALSA -with-isapnp=yes configure option? Starting with
> > rc4, you need to drop the snd_ prefix on those options to:
> >
> > options snd major=116 cards_limit=1
> >
> > ISA cards don't share IRQ's as well as PCI cards. Most PCI cards are
> > supported. Check the ALSA supported sound cards matrix. Stay
> > away from Aureal cards. They went bankrupt, but there might still be
> > some floating around if you get a used card. My SBLive! is well
> > supported (maybe too well, in some cases).
> >
> > Andy Johnson
> >
> >
>
> No, the sounds is built into the motherboard, and all of the
> motherboards stuff autodetects, but I don't know how to change the irq.
>

Built in? Is it AC'97 compatible? You could try that module set. I would guess
that a built in is on the PCI bus, so IRQ sharing shouldn't be a big deal. On my
box, the NIC and USB share an IRQ no problem. What motherboard / box is
this?

Andy Johnson

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