Re: via82cxxx_audio doesn't play audio?

[Erik Andersen]

On Thu Nov 29, 2001 at 09:38:29PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Erik Andersen wrote:
> > 
> > I went out the other day and bought an Athlon to replace my aging
> > celeron 400.  I installed an Epox EP-8KHA+ with an Athlon XP 1600+.
> > The VIA 8233 Southbridge on the motherboard has builtin audio
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> > 
> > When I go to play audio, no sound is produced.  The mixer works.
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> 
> You need ALSA drivers.
> 
> Via 686 audio is different from Via 8233 audio, and you have the
> latter.  The PCI ids were added to via82cxxx_audio, but they need to be
> removed since they apparently do not work (contrary to one report I
> received).

Thanks.  The ALSA drivers indeed work just great.  So yeah, do
pull the Via 8233 audio PCI IDs from via82cxxx_audio.  ALSA seems
to be the One True Path for these monsters.

 -Erik

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