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Hi all,

I've got an old machine that I've cobbled together and I've got Ubuntu installed on it.
The problem I'm having is that the sound isn't working. Is there a way to uninstall the sound card (onboard) so that it re-installs or asks me which driver to install?

I'm tempted to buy a pci sound card and disable the onboard but I thought I'd ask if there was a simple fix before I go onto ebay.

Thanks
Des

ps. I'm a total newbie to Ubuntu so any tips will be greatly appreciated. No matter how simple you think they are.
 
Hairybudda said:
I'm not much of an ubuntu freak just so you know but do you know what chipset you're running? It's gotta be hella obscure if ubuntu cant pick it up, ubuntu runs alsa/pulse right?


lspci output might be handy
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lol. Speak English :)

It's an old Foxconn mobo. Some kind of P4 755(?) chipset.
I'll probably just install xp onto it to check that the sound is actually working.

Was just hoping for a quick fix.
Des
 
Hairybudda said:
It's gotta be hella obscure if ubuntu cant pick it up, ubuntu runs alsa/pulse right?
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No, its not uncommon for someone to have this issue with Ubuntu or one of its derivatives.

I'm sure there used to be a lot of Foxconn issues due to a bios bug, it might be worth going to the Foxconn site and downloading an update for your bios just to see if that works as a quick fox.
 
richthomuk said:
No, its not uncommon for someone to have this issue with Ubuntu or one of its derivatives.

I'm sure there used to be a lot of Foxconn issues due to a bios bug, it might be worth going to the Foxconn site and downloading an update for your bios just to see if that works as a quick fox.
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Thanks for that. I'll give it a bash.
 
Here you go.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90)
00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] RAID bus controller 180 SATA/PATA [SiS] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2)
 
Cool - We know the machine is seeing your soundcard and has identified it as [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

If you run "alsamixer" can you make sure that the "IEC 958 Capture Monitor" is muted (use the left and right keys and the "m" key to mute\unmute)

What does alsamixer identify the card and chip as?
 
I couldn't see an IEC 958 but the only thing that had capture under it was Mic. I muted that.

Alsamixer identifies it as:-

Card: SiS SI7012
Chip: Realtek ALC655 Rev 1

I'm still looking for a BIOS Update. I have found one but I have no idea where my USB floppy drive is.
 
..a few ideas to try here..

http://www.allquests.com/question/3398056/SiS-NO-Sound.html

"i had a problem with my foxconn 661fx7mj with no sound until i put a couple of jumpers across pins 5,6 and 9,10 on the front audio port. this stops the front audio port taking priority over the rear audio port where i had my speakers plugged in."

or

"Apparently, "External Amplifier" needs to be muted"
 
From past experiance SiS drivers in Linux have been virtually none existant. I was trying to tackle a video driver for an SiS chipset in a laptop, obviously the same applys with the sound drivers.
 
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