no sound - powerbook g4

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Christian Walther wrote:

> On my Powerbook G4 Ti 867MHz, sound worked after I added the following 
> to /etc/modprobe.conf:
>
> alias snd-card-0 dmasound_pmac
> install dmasound_pmac /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install dmasound_pmac && 
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove dmasound_pmac { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; 
> }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove dmasound_pmac


thanks, i will try it :-)

> I've no idea what's the difference between dmasound_pmac and 
> snd_powermac (but I'm sure I'll have after some googling) and I didn't 
> try the other. /etc/sysconfig/hwconf says snd_powermac for me too (but 
> I didn't know about that file before you mentioned it). 


a short info

# modinfo snd_powermac dmasound_pmac
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.724_FC3/kernel/sound/ppc/snd-powermac.ko
parm:           enable_beep:Enable beep using PCM.
parm:           id:ID string for PMac soundchip.
parm:           index:Index value for PMac soundchip.
license:        GPL
description:    PowerMac
depends:        snd-pcm,snd
vermagic:       2.6.9-1.724_FC3 gcc-3.4

filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.724_FC3/kernel/sound/oss/dmasound/dmasound_pmac.ko
license:        GPL
description:    PowerMac built-in audio driver.
depends:        dmasound_core
vermagic:       2.6.9-1.724_FC3 gcc-3.4

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shrek-m