dreadmo
2004-05-21, 09:33 AM CDT
After much frustration trying to get sound output with the intel8x0 module (same problem many are having--correct detection of the soundchip but no sound at all), I happened to look at the System Log and noticed this message:
modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 .
Eureka! I edited modprobe. conf, changing "snd-card-0" to "sound-slot-1" (no quotation marks, of course). Presto, instant sound! I don't really know what's going on behind the scenes here--I'm sure others will figure this out--but it appears that there's a conflict between the startup script(s) and modprobe.conf. For those of you with Dell Optiplex GX270s and the like that use the AC'97, give this a try; it worked for me. N.B. make sure that in Alsamixer, Kmix, or whatever mixer variant you're using that everything is unmuted and the volumes are turned up.
modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 .
Eureka! I edited modprobe. conf, changing "snd-card-0" to "sound-slot-1" (no quotation marks, of course). Presto, instant sound! I don't really know what's going on behind the scenes here--I'm sure others will figure this out--but it appears that there's a conflict between the startup script(s) and modprobe.conf. For those of you with Dell Optiplex GX270s and the like that use the AC'97, give this a try; it worked for me. N.B. make sure that in Alsamixer, Kmix, or whatever mixer variant you're using that everything is unmuted and the volumes are turned up.