Re: Sound (and wireless) on new Presario R3000

It appears that my sound card driver is snd-atiixp-modem. It comes with alsa-driver package. However, when i changed modprobe.conf to use it, it didn't work. Then i changed it back to atiixp (after installing latest alsa-driver), and now i am able to play sound files (like .wav) in xmms, which uses ALSA. However, the rest of Gnome appears to be using esd (i see esd running in ps). There is a IRQ conflict in esd i guess, and it causes 1 second of sound to be played over and over for about 15 seconds, i.e. worse than no sound at all.
I'd appareciate feedback on the following:
1) should i change everything to be based on ALSA? If no, i'd appreciate tips on resolving what appears to be IRQ conflict.
2) which tools do i use to set which sound architecture is to be used (esd, alsa, oss, etc.)?

alsamixer reports the card as ATI IXP, Analog Devices AD1981B. I believe it's integrated with the modem (don't know why that makes sense).
messages file contains many lines saying
... atiixp: codec read timeout
and then
modprobe: FATAL: Error running install command for sound_slot_1 (same for 2 and 3).
Also, when i had no sound my wireless card was working. Now it isn't, and i believe the IRQ conflict is to blame.

lspci contains this:
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller
Subssystem: HP Company: Unknown device 006b
Flags: 66Mhz, slow devsel, IRQ 10
Memory at e8003400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

Thanks,
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Reshat Sabiq wrote:

Kris Haight wrote:

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This is why I disagree with people who say there should not be an option for
this when installing. If there was an option it would be easy to say "when
you are setting up drives, select this optiom". Even if the option is
burried under two or three menus.

Anyhow I hope this helps.

Thanks for your reply. Per my earlier post, the problem is solved. It was because /boot was logical and Disk Druid accepted it. I logged a defect in bugzilla.

My last problem i'm aware of is that sound card is detected incorrectly, and i don't know much about it. It says Analog Devices Inc., SoundMax Digital Audio in XP. It gets detected as <model>IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller</model>, <module>snd-atiixp</module>. And test sounds and the rest fail in both Gnome and KDE.
This is a brand new laptop, and HP support couldn't give me specifics about the sound card. I am afraid even if i find out what the card is, there might not be a driver for it.
Btw. sndconfig is no longer applicable, because sound architecture has changed.

P.S. Also, the only driver i found for this laptop's integrated wireless card (Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g), costs $20 after 1 month: http://www.linuxant.com/company/. I will probably settle for it if i don't find anything else, but any tips to avoid $20 expense are appreciated. I hear that HP support couldn't help others with this card other than saying buy a different one. The URL above might actually come in handy for many other users as well, and may qualify as a QA entry. I spent nearly a day to come up with it. The linuxant solution appears somewhat slower than performance on XP, but overall is a pretty decent way to go. At least with the wireless i know of this way to have it working. With sound, i don't have a clue yet. Although frankly i haven't focused on it yet.

Thanks,
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