[lug] Problems with SuSe 8.0 on Toshiba Tecra 8100

[John Karns]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, William Petty said:

> As to your second comment, This is a fresh install on a blank drive.  I will
> look for an ALSA source package on the CD's but will replace from the web
> if they are old.   I have to swap out the hard drive to debug the new
> installation.
> When I get It working, I will move it onto my main hard drive which dual-boots
> Win2K / Linux.

I was also unsuccessful at setting up alsa on my Dell laptop.  Even after
booting the SuSE Live CD, and using the same alsa modules, I couldn't get
it to work, and decided not to spend any more time on it, since the kernel
driver works just fine for my purposes.  So I was trying to encourage you
to try using the kernel driver for your sound chip as an alternative.
Doing that would entail a minor edit of /etc/modules.conf.  The file in
general is pretty well commented, so it shouldn't be too difficult.  Alsa
loads on the order of 5 different components, whereas the kernel modules
ae a bit more straight-forward.  I would recommend that you check the
kernel source to see if your sound chip is supported.  The Linux / laptop
web site should provide some insight about it as well.


> Wish me luck.

Divide and conquer

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John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net