[ale] Dell Latitude CPt: Sound chip module not loading

[Dow Hurst]

Pizza,
Thanks for the advice!  SUSE 9.0 had 0.9x version of ALSA. 
The packman.links2linux.org had 1.0.2 ALSA and ALSA-tools in 
SUSE rpm's.  I configured with Yast2 after installing the 
rpms.  In the advanced setup for the sound card I chose to 
enable and set the snd_viao hack and ac97_force.  The module 
inserted into the kernel without crashing or locking the 
machine!  Tested out fine on a cold reboot without locking 
up during module insertion.  This is great!  Thanks,
Dow


Stuffed Crust wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 09:27:48AM -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>>I have a Dell Latitude CPt 333MHz notebook with the Neomagic 
>>256AV/ZX sound and video chip, specifically the NM2360. 
> 
> 
> I had one of these.. man was it finiky.
> 
> I had it working with the in-kernel nm256 driver, but only on cold 
> boots.  ALSA at the time locked my laptop with its nm556 driver, but I 
> believe they fixed that a little while back.
> 
> Grab the current ALSA sources and try that; the drivers that come with 
> any distribution are out of date.  :)
> 
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