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"Joseph Daigle" <jdaigle@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message
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> Hey everyone, I'm fairly a newbie when it comes to linux. I'm currently
> working on a RH9 install. And I'm really only having 2 major problems.
>
> For whatever reason, I cannot seem to get my soundcard either installed or
> correctly configured. Its a SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio card, built
> into my Asus motherboard. RH9 initially dedected it as some Intel card
with
> AC'97 codec stuff. I was able to download linux drivers for the SoundMax
> from Asus' website, and compile and install the module. But I've pretty
much
> hit a wall as far as getting it to configure and work. If anyone could
help
> guide me though this that would be great.

ASUS Linux support is like asking your dog to help you with a chainsaw. They
want to help, but it's usually safer to keep them out of the way.

You probably want to update to Fedora Core 2 if you can for the updates in
the sound drivers and updated ALSA tools.

> The other issue I'm having is probably simpilar, I just don't know what to
> do. I was able to install and configure drivers for my SATA controller
card.
> And it works when I initially loaded the module. However, I cannot get RH
to
> detect the device and load the module on startup. Kudzu just tells me that
> it can't find a driver for it. Any help getting this to work correctly
would
> be appretiated as well.

See above. Also, to preload a driver at boot time, you can compile it into
the initrd-*.img file. Look into the "mkinitrd" command.