On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 20:14, Troy Campano wrote: > 1) I'm running GNOME. > 2) I'm not sure what audio output driver i'm using in XMMS, however it's > *all* sound on the computer (including sounds from gaim and other apps) > and not just XMMS. > 3) Soundcard info: > - Vendor: Intel Corp. > - Model: 82801DB AC'97 Audio Controller > - Module: I810_audio > 4) When I have this problem I run "soundcard detection" under "system > settings" and it doesn't play a sound their either. It does play a sound > when the soundcard is working. The i810_audio has given me problems to no end. I do not think the drivers for this chip-set have ever been reliable. I have different symptoms than you though. I have used both ALSA and OSS drivers. Under FC1, the OSS drivers in eventually cause the whole machine to lock up requiring a hard reset. ALSA drivers do not lock the computer, but my sound gets jerky now and then -- this gets so bad that it is unlistenable. Does not matter what output driver the app uses: ALSA, OSS, esd, arts, etc. When using the ALSA drivers, I get the following errors in /var/log/messages, which you might look for: kernel: ALSA intel8x0.c:607: codec_read 0: read timeout for register 0x2c kernel: intel8x0: measured clock 80 rejected kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 48000 My recommendation is to stay AWAY from this chip-set if at all possible. It has never worked right for me -- whereas my old ISA SB64 AWE Value card has worked flawless. Unfortunately the i810 is built-in to my laptop, otherwise I would have replaced it by now. If you have an available PCI slot, get a different card. If you are looking for a laptop to use with Linux, avoid models with the Intel i8x0 chip-set. Still, it is possible the drivers may eventually get fixed. Let's hope so. (I guess I should help by at least putting a bug report in.) Jon
