Speak of the devil! I got confirmation as to the soundcard when I started gaim. bmike1@2[ayttm-0.4.6]$ gaim& [2] 22949 [1] Exit 127 gim bmike1@2[ayttm-0.4.6]$ _IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address ▒ ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0' ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:1072:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device ALSA lib conf.c:3962:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device ALSA lib pcm.c:2102:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default ALSA snd_pcm_open error: No such device ALSA lib confmisc.c:672:(snd_func_card_driver) cannot find card '0' ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device etc.. On Sunday 29 October 2006 2:10 pm, Michael Havens wrote: > DUDE! You're right.... it is an ISA card. > Sorry for the confusion. I was wondering why it wasn't lspci too! > > Well the closest I can find to an lsisa is isadump but after inspecting the > manpage for it that doesn't seem right. I had it working setting it up as > an alsa soundcard using the command: > amixer groups; amixer set PCM 100 unmute > > check this out: (found with 'apropos isa') > wavelan (4) - AT&T GIS WaveLAN ISA device driver > airo (4) - Driver for the Aironet 802.11 ISA/PCI/PCMCIA 4500 & > 4800 and Cisco 340 > > what I'm thinking is one of these might be the driver that was used in the > prior OS (mepis.10.02) > If I'm correct I get to embark on a new adventure: setting a device driver! > > On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:39 pm, Dazed_75 wrote: > > Don't see any sound card there. What card do you think you have and do > > you have any reason to believe it works? Try reseating the card or > > replacing it with another. > > > > If this is an old machine, verify the sound card is not in an ISA slot > > (longer with fewer and fatter connections) rather than a PCI slot. > > > > On 10/29/06, Michael Havens wrote: > > > lspci as superuser > > > > > > bmike1@0[dev]$ sudo lspci -v > > > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] > > > (rev > > > 04) > > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16 > > > Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > > > Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 > > > > > > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo > > > MVP3/Pro133x AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > > > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 > > > Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 > > > Memory behind bridge: dc000000-ddffffff > > > Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff > > > > > > 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA > > > [Apollo VP] (rev 47) > > > Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. MVP3 ISA Bridge > > > Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 > > > > > > 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > > > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) > > > (prog-if 8a > > > [Master SecP PriP]) > > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 > > > I/O ports at d000 [size=16] > > > > > > 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB > > > 1.1 Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) > > > Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller > > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > > > I/O ports at d400 [size=32] > > > > > > 0000:00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev > > > 10) Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 > > > > > > 0000:00:0a.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem > > > Model > > > 5610 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) > > > Subsystem: 3Com Corp, Modem Division: Unknown device 00d3 > > > Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 > > > I/O ports at d800 [size=8] > > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > > > > > 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet > > > Pro > > > 100] (rev 05) > > > Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation NC3121 Fast Ethernet NIC > > > (WOL) > > > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > > > Memory at df100000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > > > I/O ports at dc00 [size=32] > > > Memory at df000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] > > > Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=1M] > > > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 > > > > > > 0000:00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW/D / > > > AIC-7881U Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > > > I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=256] > > > Memory at df101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > > > Expansion ROM at 20100000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > > > > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV10 > > > [GeForce 256 > > > SDR] (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > > > Subsystem: Elsa AG Erazor X > > > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10 > > > Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > > > Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > > > Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=64K] > > > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1 > > > Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 > > > > > > bmike1@0[dev]$ > > > > > > On Sunday 29 October 2006 9:52 am, Kenneth wrote: > > > > > but I don't see the sound card in there (not that this means much). > > > > > Yes, there is a pci soundcard in there. At on point in my > > > > > 'adventures with linux' I had used the 'Setup ALSA PCI Soundcard' > > > > > command successfully. I did investigate the man pages for amixer > > > > > and it > > > > > > appears > > > > > > > > to have changed some > > > > > but when I modified the command it didn't help. > > > > > > > > > > Ideas? Proposals? What? > > > > > > > > I would start by seeing if the module for the sound card you have is > > > > loaded. If not, does > > > > > > > > modprobe > > > > > > > > work? > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > >__ __ > > > > > > >_________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! 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