john gennard wrote: > I have a problem getting sound to work in a Sarge install, > which is the subject of another thread. Having little > technical savvy, I often find things confusing or impossible > to comprehend. > > If possible, I'd like someone to help me here. Sarge gives > the problem and Kubuntu (Debian based) works fine. > > When I run '#lspci' on each I get the following results:- > > 1. Debian: > 0000:80:01:0 0403 Via Technologies, Inc. : > Unknown device 3288 (rev 10) > > 2. Kubuntu: > 80:01:0 Audio Device: Via Technologies, Inc. > Via High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10) > > Alsaconf doesn't 'see' the device in Sarge which could well > be my problem. Why, though, does 'lspci' give such differing > results - I assume each run gets its information from the > same source (the device/chip itself). > > Furthermore, my Motherboard Manual says the Audio is 'Realtek > ALC888 7.1 Channel audio CODEC with High Definition audio'. > Have Via used a Realtek chip and 'bundled' it with something of > its own? > > My main aim is to get audio to work without getting a separate > card, but I'd like to have some light shed on this confusion > (in my simple mind that is!). > > John. > > Have you tried Debian Etch? I know Debian Sarge is a bit older and has much worse hardware detection than Etch. When I used Sarge nothing worked for me, but an upgrade to Etch fixed everything. I'm not 100% sure if just changing your sources.list and running # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade would work though. I'd do a clean reinstall if possible.
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