ASUS SK8V and Sound

[Mark Page]

I have a K8V and noticed on FC1 the sound came out the "wrong" socket
compared to the widows driver, i.e. I had to plug the speakers into the
mic socket - I think this may have something to do with 5:1 or surround 
sound.

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 11:14, Gene C. wrote:
> OK, I am looking for someone who has a ASUS SK8V motherboard (the one for 
> socket940) and who is running Fedora Core 2 Test 2.  There appear to be a 
> number of folks who have the ASUS K8V socket754 motherboard and it may truly 
> be identical except for the socket but I do not know that so I am focusing on 
> the SK8V.
> 
> My problem is sound.  The SK8V has a VIA8322 adapter on the mobo ( VIA 
> Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)).
> 
> It does not work on FC2.  It works fine on FC1 but the sound drivers are OSS 
> on FC1 and ALSA on FC2.  On FC2, everything (e.g, system-config-soundcard) 
> goes through the motions but no sound comes from the speakers.  Yes, I have 
> the volume settings all maxed out and (after the selinux policy was fixed) 
> that seems to be working ... but no sound.
> 
> Anyone with an SK8V and running FC2, is your sound working or not?
> -- 
> Gene
>