[lug] AC97 sound on recent kernel?

[Ken MacFerrin]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> Bear Giles wrote:
> 
>> The new kernel, from Debian testing, only has one AC97 driver.  No
>> sound though.  It's definitely not the speakers or plugging the
>> speakers in the wrong place.
> 
> Linux sound is still generally as FUBAR as it's always been.  :-)
> 
> I could give a general history of what it is like to support some 1000+
> machines and owners of those machines I don't know via our volunteer
> support group for our VoIP project, but it's too painful.
> 
> Linux sound issues are many, and varied.
> 
> What kind of chipset are you running and on what kernel/distro?  I'll
> try to help...
> 
> By the way, the "forever fix" for Linux audio issues seems to be... "Buy
> a cheap SB Live card and disable the on-board sound".  They always work
> right.  :-)
> 

Yep.. did this years ago on my desktop and haven't worried about sound
again.  A great use of $30 in my opinion.