movix sound problems on A8N-SLI

[bigbadwolf]

Yo, I got this MoviX LiveCD, can run it fine, but when I play videos no sound comes out, also at the MoviX loading screen it states - 'no sound card was detected' or something like that.
Would I have to install Realtek ALC850 drivers somehow?(from a floppy)?
Or are there any similar programs that can detect my audio?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


BTW - If you dont know wot Movix is, look it up on wikipedia, its a great linux LiveCD to play videos/CD's etc without even a hard drive

 

[linux_0]

Yo, I got this MoviX LiveCD, can run it fine, but when I play videos no sound comes out, also at the MoviX loading screen it states - 'no sound card was detected' or something like that.
Would I have to install Realtek ALC850 drivers somehow?(from a floppy)?
Or are there any similar programs that can detect my audio?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


BTW - If you dont know wot Movix is, look it up on wikipedia, its a great linux LiveCD to play videos/CD's etc without even a hard drive

I haven't tried MoviX but I use Knoppix ( another great Linux Live CD and DVD ) and it works most of the time.

How recent a version of MoviX is it? Older versions some times have issues.

I have FC4 installed on more than 4 machines and the audio works on all of them -- ASUS A8, A7, MSI K8, and a laptop.


Please open a terminal window and run the following commands:

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cat /proc/cpuinfo > hw_info
cat /prom/meminfob >> hw_info
lspci >> hw_info
dmesg >> hw_info
lspci -vvvvvvvv >> hw_info
lsdev lspci >> hw_info
date >> hw_info
uname -a >> hw_info
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then PM me the contents of the hw_info file

 

[bigbadwolf]

Once I have made the hw_info file how do I put it on a floppy so I can put it on the PC that has an internet connection.

BTW - I think it is a problem with ALSA sound drivers.

I might get knoppix , but I only have 1 Disc Drive and no HDD,so will I be able to use Knoppix to play videos if I have to take the Live CD out.

 

[linux_0]

Once I have made the hw_info file how do I put it on a floppy so I can put it on the PC that has an internet connection.

BTW - I think it is a problem with ALSA sound drivers.

I might get knoppix , but I only have 1 Disc Drive and no HDD,so will I be able to use Knoppix to play videos if I have to take the Live CD out.

If your MoviX system has internet access and a web browser you could PM it to me from there. Otherwise you could put it on a USB flash drive:

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mkdir /usb
mount /dev/sda /usb # USB flash drives are normally assigned /dev/sda - /dev/sdz

# you can run dmesg to see what device entry it was assigned

cp -i hw_info /usb
sync
umount /usb
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or floppy:

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mkdir /floppy
mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
cp -i hw_info /floppy
sync
umount /floppy
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The Knoppix Live CD or DVD cannot normally be ejected I'm afraid :-(

However you could install another optical drive for as low as $20 or a DVD recorder for $39.99 DELIVERED from newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106256

 

[bigbadwolf]

Still got no sound. But no worries I'm getting my HDD soon, so I will be installing some full linux distro's. Just one thing though - I have found some drivers for Linux on my mobo CD and one of them is for the audio, if I put them on a floppy would I be able to, load them into MoviX or wud they need compiling somehow.

BTW - I really appreciate your help so far

 

[linux_0]

Still got no sound. But no worries I'm getting my HDD soon, so I will be installing some full linux distro's. Just one thing though - I have found some drivers for Linux on my mobo CD and one of them is for the audio, if I put them on a floppy would I be able to, load them into MoviX or wud they need compiling somehow.

BTW - I really appreciate your help so far

I doubt the drivers are going to work... if you can modprobe or insmod that sound driver it should work.

You could also check to see if there's a newer version of MoviX.

Versions using the 2.6.1x Kernel are a lot better.

Good luck