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  Can't get sound to work under Debian 2.2r3 ('potato').

  The motherboard is, according to the manual (I didn't buy the thing, hence
my cluelessness :) an EPoX EP-3WTM3 motherboard with the VIA Apollo PLE133T
AGPset (PLE133T + 686B) as the chipset.

  The onboard video (Trident Blade 3D) works great, but I can't figure out
how to enable the onboard sound (described only as "Built-in AC97 Digital
Audio" - the manual sucks! :).

  Anyone know if it's possible to get sound to work under Potato, or am I
going to have to upgrade to Woody before it'll happen? [not Sarge or Sid,
though - I'm a bit of a coward ;]

  I'm rather desperate to get this last problem fixed - otherwise, I'll have
to go with Win98 (*PUKE*) due to a lack of disk space... :(

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su root
modprobe via82cxxx_audio
that is if it really is via chipset
then you append ( if it works )
echo "alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio" >> /etc/modules.conf
done

Quote:> su root
> modprobe via82cxxx_audio
> that is if it really is via chipset

  To repeat: the board itself is an EPoX EP-3WTM3.  In the specs list in the
manual, under chipset: "VIA Apollo PLE133T AGPset (PLE133T + 686B)".  For
sound, the only indication of what it is is on the page after the chipset is
described, and it's only mentioned as "Built-in AC97 Digital Audio".

Quote:> then you append ( if it works )

  Well, it didn't crash the system... :)

Quote:> echo "alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio" >> /etc/modules.conf
> done

  Hmmm.  An lsmod shows that the module has also caused soundcore and
ac97_codec to be loaded...

But, attempting to play an MP3 with Amp:

=====
open /dev/dsp: invalid arguement
Warning: Cannot set up direct-to-DMA audio. Exiting
=====

  Any suggestions?

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"...there are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot
 easily be duplicated by a normal, kindly family man who just comes into
 work every day and has a job to do."    [Terry Pratchett, "Small Gods"]
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