Can i use onboard sound on dual boot when winXP uses X-Fi?

[Diss]

I have a dual boot Ubuntu/WinXP system.
My sound card is a creative X-Fi for which there are NO Linux drivers.

Is there any way to set things up so that Linux uses the onboard sound from my A8N-E and WinXP uses the X-fi?

Thanks

Diss

 

[Diss]

thanks guys - will give it a go and hope Creative get their asses in gear and bring out some Linux drivers for the X-Fi

Diss

 

[Diss]

ok
i have updated BIOS to enable on board sound - but still not getting any

i have selected Nvidia CK804 from the ubuntu system/sounds panel

do i need to do anything else to get it to work?

is there anything i can do to trouble shoot?

thanks

Diss

 

[Diss]

ok - thought i'd try some AC97 drivers and downloaded them from the asus mobo site

so i have done this but got stuck in a couple of places:

Step 1. unzip source code

tar xfvj alcsound.tar.bz2



Step 2. Turn on sound support (soundcore module, default turn on)
*** how do i do this bit****



Step 3. Complied source code

a. ./configure

b. make

c. make install

d. ./snddevices
****semed to work though there were some error messages*********



Step 4. Edit your /etc/modules.conf or conf.modules depending on the distribution
***Really stuck here - I have Ubuntu and di a search but couldn't find the files they mention - any suggestions? ***

thanks

Diss



(Please refer to the attached modules.conf)

 

[Diss]

actually - i think maybe thier were drivers already installed (saw ref to AC97 in device manager) before i tried compiling the new drivers

if correct - maybe i just need to somehow 'turn them on' - for want of a technical term
would ubuntu come with AC97 as standard?


Diss


edit

extract from lsmod
snd_intel8x0 33820 1
snd_ac97_codec 92704 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 53664 0
snd_mixer_oss 18688 1 snd_pcm_oss
af_packet 22920 2
snd_pcm 89736 4 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
usblp 13056 0
shpchp 45632 0
pci_hotplug 29236 1 shpchp
snd_timer 25220 1 snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 6912 0
i2c_core 21904 8 i2c_acpi_ec,tuner,nvidia,tvaudio,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_nforce2
snd 55268 13 snd_bt87x,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 10208 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10632 3 snd_bt87x,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

 

[Diss]

thanks cb_linus


alsamixer gave me this:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107: (snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'defaults.ct l.card'
ALSA lib conf.c:3493: (_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned err or: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:242: (snd_func_getenv) error evaluating default
ALSA lib conf.c:3493: (_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_getenv returned er ror: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3962: (snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directo ry
ALSA lib control.c:817: (snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL default
alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

when trying to run alsaconf as root i got "file not found"

looking in synaptic the only alsa files installed are "alsa-base" and "alsa-utils". There are lots of other progs with alsa but i don't know if i need them or not

any other suggestions greatly appreciated

thanks

Diss


edit - is there any other way to just check the onboard sound is 'on' (WinXP detected it OK)

 

[Diss]

Thanks Mr Potatohead

have tried that but get this:

root@ubuntu:/ # cat /proc/asound/cards
cat: /proc/asound/cards: No such file or directory

what next?

cheers

Diss


edit : are there any log files (and where) that might say whats detected/loaded?

 

[Diss]

i haven't specifically installed the nvidia chipset drivers - unless Ubuntu does it automatically

i seem to recall when i first started with linux someone here saying you didn't really need them

diss

 

[Diss]

Hi all

the nvidia chipset drivers did sort my sound problem


Dev2 - i use 2 sets of speakers

Diss