[Leaplist] more bloody sound issues

[ray]

Dan Cherry wrote:
> ray wrote:
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=518391
>>
>> now that i have installed the ix86 vs of debian etch my SOUND does not
>> work.  i tried to install the drivers from Asus, but guess what, it
>> gives big nasty errors like you would not believe.  can not even START
>> the install process due to its errors in uncompressing its tarball.
>>
>> bloody hell will linux ever run properly on this computer and its
>> hardware?
>> FYI, still getting pathetic FPS with glxgears and i now have SLI
>> configured properly so states the xorg.conf created with nvidia-xconfig
>> tool.
>>
>> help getting frustraighted.  i have been trying on and off for 9+ months
>> to get linux running on this computer, really need some help.
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>
> No guarantees, but this might be worth a try...
> I've had the best luck using a knoppix live cd when detecting
> hardware.  (Patrick and others are also very savvy on which live cd's
> are good for detection, so chime in if you have a favorite)
>
> If you can get a knoppix live cd to run smoothly with whatever is
> giving you fits through straight Debian, you might be able to copy the
> specific knoppix drivers that work, to your debian installation.
>
> In fact, if a knoppix (or similar live cd) will run, try an
> installation.  It might be easier to extract knoppix from the debian
> base, than to get the debian base to run with other drivers.
> hth,
i suppose i should make this note:

the kernel is the same 2.6.18-3 for both the amd64 and i484, the only
difference it the archtype.  sound worked great under amd64, does not
work under i486.

as for using knoppix i can do that, but were do i look, what am i
looking for etc... to find the sound drivers in order to make this thing
work under the above kernel.