[mythtv-users] Re:nForce2 motherboards

[Ian Forde]

On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 19:45, Sean wrote:
> Ian: Thanks for the ultra-quick response!

You're welcome!

> There is NO sound. Not from the system. Not from mplayer. Not from the 
> notifications panel. Nowhere. Technically this should all be Kool & the 
> Gang, but it isn't. That is why I was asking about the 2.4.22 kernel.

Okay - so the question is, which kernel are you currently using?  A
kernel upgrade won't really do much of anything if sound wasn't working
before...

> The first 4 times I installed Redhat (noobish, I know installing from 
> the ground up) I went for the ALSA drivers through apt-get. The trouble 
> is that apt-get seems to call for an older kernel version for one of the 
> ALSA pieces and the install does not conclude, nor can apt-get install 
> anything else after the case (how do you "reset" apt-get? ).  I have 
> seen several mentions of this around the internet leading me away from 
> using apt-get for this install (boy does it rock for everything else 
> though...).

Here's how I usually install RH9 boxes.  It may not be the most optimal,
but I can tell you it's relatively safe...

1. Install RH9 from CD (or Network install or whatever...).  Let the box
reboot when finished.
2. download rcd and rug from ftp.ximian.com and install them
3. Using rug/rcd, subscribe to the redhat-9-i386 and redcarpet channels
4. Do a "rug up" to install updates.
5. Download the latest RH kernel update (along with kernel-source, since
it is usually part of the default install) and install them manually
using rpm or rug.  (rug/rcd doesn't do kernel updates automatically.) 
Reboot the box when finished.

Now you've got an updated RH9 box.  At this point you're probably
asking, "why use red carpet when I'm going to install apt-get anyway?" 
Because I like to keep the redhat parts of the box as stock as possible
(and using rcd to do it because, IMHO, up2date... well... sucks.)

So now we continue...
6. Follow Jarod's and Axel's directions by installing the apt tools.
7. Installing Axel's kernel via apt.  Current version is 2.4.20-20_9, I
believe.
8. Install the atrpms alsa rpms.  The ones I have installed are
alsa-kmdl, alsa-driver, alsa-lib, alsa-lib-devel, alsa-utils.
9. Check your /etc/modules.conf and make sure that the OSS stuff is gone
and the alsa stuff is listed correctly.

You should have sound at this point.  The rest is a matter of getting
myth installed.

Note that by using Jarod's HOWTO, you'll be installing the entire mythtv
suite.  I haven't tried it so I don't know if it includes alsa.  But I
can tell you that by going through steps 6-9 above, you *should* have
sound, assuming that your cabling is correct...

> I am not married to Redhat in the least. I would gladly use another 
> distro, but the easier to setup the better. Is there an updated release 
> of Redhat that includes the 2.4.22 kernel? If I update to 2.4.22 
> successfully, can I merely load the config file from the Axel's kernel 
> to the new one?

Stick with RedHat if you're new to Linux.  You'll find more people
willing to help with RH problems of most types...

	-I
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