biglig2's Journal: Mandrake 8.1 now installed.

All very nice. Sound not there although card was detected.

From /var/log/messages:

Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: Crystal 4280/46xx + AC97 Audio, version 1.28.32, 17:27:37 Sep 23 2001
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: Card found at 0x50100000 and 0x50000000, IRQ 11
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: Thinkpad 600E (unsupported) (1014:1010) at 0x50100000/0x50000000, IRQ 11
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 write problem, reg = 0x0, val = 0x0
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 read problem (ACCTL_DCV), reg = 0x0 returning 0xffff
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: ac97_codec: Primary ac97 codec not present
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: cs_ac97_init() failure
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 write problem, reg = 0x0, val = 0x0
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 read problem (ACCTL_DCV), reg = 0x0 returning 0xffff
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: ac97_codec: Primary ac97 codec not present
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: cs_ac97_init() failureJan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 write problem, reg = 0x0, val = 0x0
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 read problem (ACCTL_DCV), reg = 0x0 returning 0xffffJan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 read problem (ACCTL_DCV), reg = 0x0 returning 0xffff
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: ac97_codec: Primary ac97 codec not present
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: cs_ac97_init() failure
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 write problem, reg = 0x0, val = 0x0
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: AC'97 read problem (ACCTL_DCV), reg = 0x0 returning 0xffff
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: ac97_codec: Primary ac97 codec not present
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: cs_ac97_init() failure
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: create - never read card ready from AC'97
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: probably not a bug, try using the CS4232 driver,
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: or turn off any automatic Power Management support in the BIOS.
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: cs46xx_probe()- cs_hardware_init() failed, retried 5 times.
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: probe()- no device allocated
Jan 22 12:11:08 GHHStinkPad kernel: cs46xx: Unable to detect valid cs46xx device

That can't be good. Time for some googling. Hmm.. Using slashdot to cut & paste between my laptop and desktop eh?

Hang on, what's that? "probably not a bug, try using the CS4232 driver, " eh? Lets see. HardDrake seems not to offer the cs4232, but maybe it's not the mechinsm to change the driver from what is detected.

Poke poke at modules.conf but no good. Have a try with sndconfig but it moans whether I use 46xx or 432x.

I'm using these settings for the 432x (from a win2K device manager)
Wave:
irq 7, dma 0&3, irq 530 (also using 388 and 280)
MIDI:
io 330 irq 9