[ILUG] i810 audio problem

[P at draigBrady.com]

Mike wrote:
> I have a Dell Precision 650 here and I am having problems with getting
> the audio working.  It should be using the i810_audio module, but when
> I try to modprobe it into the kernel, it keeps throwing out errors
> 
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>       You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: insmod i810_audio failed
> 
> Anyone know how to pass module parameters to modprobe?
> 
> The relevant line from lspci is copied here as well just in case.
> 
> 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)

I've something like that on a dell dimension 8300.

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB AC'97 Audio 
(rev 02)

To get it working on rh9 I used alsa, specifically I did:

tar xjf alsa-driver-1.0.0rc1.tar.bz2
cd alsa-driver-1.0.0rc1
./configure --with-cards=intel8x0 #set CC=gcc32 for fedora
make install
rpm -ivh alsa-lib-0.9.5-fr1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh gnome-alsamixer-0.9.3-fr1.i386.rpm
echo "Now run gnome-alsamixer, and unmute the \"surround\" channel"
echo "Note you should probably max the surround level, and"
echo "use the PCM level as the main volume."

#Note the following is needed in /etc/modules.conf

# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd major=116 cards_limit=1
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0

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