Hi guys, I have a headache trying to configure my sound card, it seens Debian Sarge that comes with kernel 2.4 by default can't recognize my SOundCard, it is a VIATechnologies one, I've tried alsa, oss, eSound, but no success, I'm planning to upgrade it to kernel 2.6 but I'm new on this stuff so I'd really be grate if somebody more experient could help me on this.

Thanks

If you plan to upgrade to 2.6 I suggest that you do that before trying to get the audio drivers running. In fact, I highly recommend that you switch to 2.6.11 or newer since previous kernels only supported the Pegasos via third party patches.

rodrigo..

I agree with Dholm here. He is after all an expert

The 2.4 Debian kernel has KNOWN SOUND PROBLEMS - the best thing to do is go to a 2.6.x kernel since ALSA support is built into the kernel AFAIK.

magnetic

I used to boot 2.6.8 kernel with (testing),
i had:
- ALSA
- No MOL-MODULES
- NETWORK
- ETC..
I changed to 2.6.11 kernel with (testing),
i had:
- No ALSA
- No Network
- MOL-MODULES
I changed to 2.6.11 kernel with (unstable),
- ALSA don't work, OSS does.
- Network works!
- MOL-MODULES works!

The second problem i experience with 2.6.11 and unstable is,
that after a reset MOS can't init the ethernet device. I need to
shutdown the system and wait a few minutes to reboot again
before it works again.

Gr,
Felix.

Felix

Yes, this is some sort of bug with the Peg. You have to power down the box in order to reset the ethernet for some reason. I've even had to pull the plug before. Seems like this is maybe an issue with OF or so??? Could be mos kernel bug. This also happens with the Gentoo Live Game cds.

There is also a clock bug that puts the mos clock to 1999.. but that is mostly fixed now with latest mos kernel.

As far as 2.6.11:

1. Why doesnt Alsa work?

2. the mol modules worked "out of the box"? what ver of mol are u using?

3. Are you using Debian?

magnetic

latest MOS kernel ?? wtf ???
i still have this lousy clock bug with Gentoo and MOS 1.4.5

> Could be mos kernel bug. This also happens with the Gentoo Live Game cds.

Very irritating..

> There is also a clock bug that puts the mos clock to 1999.. but that is
> mostly fixed now with latest mos kernel.

luckely we have a tool on mos to fix that..

> As far as 2.6.11:

> 1. Why doesnt Alsa work?

Not yet been able to find out, all configs and setup state succes, but
still it failes.

> 2. the mol modules worked "out of the box"? what ver of mol are u using?

Latest version, now they work with 2.6.11 and unstable.

> 3. Are you using Debian?

Yes, the best distro !

Gr,
Felix.