Curious sound problem in 5.2.1-R

[Doug Poland]

Jorn Argelo said:
>
> Have you compiled the following in your kernel?
>
> device          pcm
> device          sbc
>

<shocked and slightly embarrased>

No, I interpreted the handbook (16.2.1 Locating the Correct Device) as meaning
sound support would be loaded as a kernel module.  Also, device pcm doesn't exist
in GENERIC or GENERIC.hints , which only confuses me more.

</shocked and slightly embarrased>


>
> On 3/3/2004, "Doug Poland" <doug at polands.org> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'd like to preface this with the statement that I'm a long-time 4.x user but brand-new
>>to the 5.x series.  Also, I'm not sure if this belongs on -CURRENT or not, but, here
>>goes...
>>
>>I'm trying to get sound working on a Dell Dimension 4600 with the following audio
>> device:
>>
>>pcm0: <Intel ICH5 (82801EB)> port 0xedc0-0xedff,0xee00-0xeeff mem
>>0xfeb7f900-0xfeb7f9ff,0xfeb7fa00-0xfeb7fbff irq 3 at device 31.5 on pci0
>>pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec>
>>
>>This dmesg snippet comes from a FreesBIE 5.2 based bootable, live CD (which, BTW, I
>>think is awesome).  Running FreesBIE 5.2, I've got working sound and dsp devices in
>>/dev.
>>
>>Then I installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on this same box, but, the audio device is not found,
>> i.e.,
>>pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 31.5 (no driver attached).  Consequently, no sound.
>>
>>So the question, how do I get the sound chip to be recognized?  Obviously, it's working
>>on a 5.2-based release from the FreesBIE folks.  I've googled, checked the handbook,
>> and
>>looked at the kernel and /boot/ stuff but to no avail.
>>
>>Many thanks for your help and a fine OS.
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>>Doug
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