[Leaplist] more bloody sound issues

[Dan Cherry]

ray wrote:
> 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.
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Ray, fix your clock - your mail is being delivered tomorrow morning at 
3:30AM, and I should be sleeping, not reading email!!!   ;-)

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Dan Cherry
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