No sound at all with a Via 82XX south bridge.

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Psycho Mike · #1 Post by **Psycho Mike** » Fri 25 Nov 2005, 06:47

I love Puppy to death,but cant use it because my built in sound is from a Via 82xx chipset....odd because I have a similar chipset in my old laptop,and an older version of Puppy worked fine.Is anyone else having this problem,and is there a fix for it?I realy want to use Puppy,so pleeeeeeaaaasssseeee someone help me!!! Thank you!!!!!

tempestuous · #2 Post by **tempestuous** » Fri 25 Nov 2005, 08:13

You may just need to manually load the OSS audio module for your chip. Try this -
modprobe via82cxxx_audio

Psycho Mike · #3 Post by **Psycho Mike** » Sat 26 Nov 2005, 00:21

Just wondering how to modprobe,as I never heard of it.......Thank You!

mayakovski · #4 Post by **mayakovski** » Sat 26 Nov 2005, 00:44

Psycho Mike wrote:Just wondering how to modprobe,as I never heard of it.......Thank You!

I think the following would work.

add
modprobe via82cxxx_audio

to
/etc/rc.d/rc.local0

Psycho Mike · #5 Post by **Psycho Mike** » Sat 26 Nov 2005, 01:20

Now I know where to put it,get back with the results,Thanks!

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No sound at all with a Via 82XX south bridge.

No sound at all with a Via 82XX south bridge.

Do I do that in a terminal?

Re: Do I do that in a terminal?

Gotcha,givin' it a try