[ltp] Sound on TP770Z: FC3

Bert Haskins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:10:48 -0500


Mendel Cooper wrote:

>Here is what I needed to do to get sound working on my TP 770z under FC3.
>
>
>First, the contents of the /etc/modprobe.conf:
>
># ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
># Note: for use under 2.4, changes must also be made to modules.conf!
>alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>alias usb-controller usb-uhci
>alias char-major-116-* snd
>alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4232
>alias char-major-14-* soundcore
>alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4232
>alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
>alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
>alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss
>alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss
>options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660
>options snd-cs4232 port=0x530 cport=0x330 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0 isapnp=0
>alias char-major-10-219 mwave
>options scsi_mod max_scsi_luns=8
>
># ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Now, add the following to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
>
># ====================================================================
># Remove sound card.
># Needs to be done because of (hardware?) bug in 770z.
>rmmod snd-cs4232
>
># Reinstall sound card.
>modprobe snd-cs4232 port=0x530 cport=0x330 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0 isapnp=0
>alsactl restore
># ====================================================================
>
>
>
>Sound works and no error messages on bootup on FC3.
>
>The above should also work on other models in the 770 TP series, and
>possibly also, with appropriate alterations, on some 600s.
>
Still no luck.
It just can't find any soundcards.
I tried both cs4232 and cs4236
Using a 770z but with fc2, do you think that (fc2) would make any 
difference?
Thanks,
    Bert