soundcard name

[Jeff Vian]

On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 16:06, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
> Bestin P. Jose wrote:
> 
> >>How to see the sound card name of a system?
> >>    
> >>
> >                          ^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                            soundcard dirver
> >  
> >
> >>the output of lspci is
> >>00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device
> >>2445 (rev 12)
> >>
> 
> $ grep snd-card /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> 
> 
Is your sound enabled in BIOS?
This looks like bios may be part of the issue


> $ vi /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
> 
> 
> $ /sbin/lspci -vv
> 
> $ /sbin/lspci | grep Multi
> 00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio 
> (rev c2)
> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio 
> (rev c2)
> 01:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video 
> Capture (rev 02)
> 01:03.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture 
> (rev 02)
> 
> 
> $ ls -R /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.667/kernel/sound/ | less
> 
> 
> $ /sbin/modinfo snd-intel8x0
> 
> 
> # kudzu
> # system-config-soundcard
> 
> 
> open your box
> read the manual  (pc)
> google
> boot with the knoppix-cd
> ...
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> shrek-m