ALS4000 issues...

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: ALS4000 issues...
started by: Hunter1985

Posted by Hunter1985 on April 14 2005,09:03

Hi i've been using DSL for awhile now, but with every update there is still no driver avaible for "Advance Logic Sound, 4000"
It finds and names it but theres no driver for it...

On Knoppix

etc, it gives it the driver "als4000"

Thanx

Posted by cbagger01 on April 14 2005,16:26

Did you try the alsadebs extension?

The alsadebs extension was taken from the soundcard driver package for knoppix 3.4 5-17-2004 so if your sound card works with this version of knoppix it should also work with DSL + alsadebs extension

Posted by Hunter1985 on April 15 2005,07:33

Thanx

...thats good news. Where would I put it in the ISO, if it goes in? Or would I have to use it after it it installed on my machine/usb-drive?

Also are there any 3dfx accelerator drivers available? I don't play games more than music... usually.

On Knoppix etc it comes up as "tdfx (server)"

Posted by cbagger01 on April 15 2005,21:19

You can either put it inside the top level directory of your ISO, or you can run it after installation BUT you need to boot with the:

dsl alsa

boot command. This command will prevent the loading of your old sound drivers so that the alsa drivers will work without conflicts.

Read the alsadebs.info file for more information.

Posted by Hunter1985 on April 18 2005,11:08

Almost!! It booted and said "Soundcard ALSA(Autodetect) and I thought it was gonna work but wen it brought up the desktop....

...Still no sound.

I used an old backup distro called INSERT and that has the driver on; Do you reckon I could get it off of dat?

Sorry to ask again but, where would it go?

/dev/
/etc/
/mnt/ ...nah! lol
/bin/
/sbin/

Thanx in advance

Posted by clivesay on April 18 2005,13:34

Do you have the alsadebs.dsl loading along with dsl-dpkg.dsl and gnu-utils.dsl? Make sure you read the info files as cbagger01 suggested!

If you want to try manually from the livecd to test things, use the mydsl icon on the desktop and look in the 'System' section. Install the files I mention above along with alsadebs. Then choose the 'Install ALSA' option in your menu. You should then have sound.

Good luck

Chris