[Leaplist] more bloody sound issues

[ray]

Dan Cherry wrote:
> 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!!!   ;-)
>
desktop clock states it is 10:24, so does my laptop.  i noticed that my
mail is getting to you at a strange time.