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"Best" Linux for AMD 2800++ ( Semptron) and ASUS Motherboard (VIA chipset)

Amit Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:26:58 +0530

Hi list! Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!

Thoughts/ suggestions are required!

-- 
Amit Kumar Saha
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http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com
**Linux is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are.**

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Amit Saha [amitsaha.in at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:29:05 +0530

hi!

On 12/19/06, Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:26:58AM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:
> > Hi list!
> > Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to
> > have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound
> > system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!
>
> Any of them will do -- changing distributions to alleviate a potential
> problem which as your soundcard not working is not an excuse to think
> there's some sort of priority for distributions -- it's likely your
> problem will only persist.
>
> So the question then becomes what is it about your soundcard which isn't
> working -- and more to the point how is it being detected?  You said
> you're using FC5 -- are they still using Kudzu as their hardware
> detection mechanism?  What steps have you undertaken to realise it is
> detected?  What kernel version are you using?  If it's a 2.6.X kernel,
> I'm assuming ALSA, in which case what does the following command
> produce?
>
> ``
> cat /proc/asound/cards

i get this

0 [VT82xx         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx
                      HDA VIA VT82xx at 0xfbffc000 irq 19
> If this is a stock kernel (hint:  "uname -r" is useful here), what does:
>
> ``
> grep -i sound /boot/config-$(uname -r)
> ''
>
> produce as output?
# Sound
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
# Open Sound System
# CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set
> These are all basic questions you should have asked yourself -- and
> jumping ship just at the first sign of trouble is not the answer.
>
> -- Thomas Adam
>
> --
> "Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
> Song, by The Monkees.
>

So what can be inferred from this ?

-- 
Amit Kumar Saha
GSM :+91 9903140286
http://amitsaha.in.googlepages.com
**Linux is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends
are.**

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Steve Brown [steve.stevebrown at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:02:32 +0000

Hi Amit,

On 19/12/06, Amit Saha <amitsaha.in@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list!
> Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to
> have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound
> system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!

I'm running Ubuntu Dapper on a box with an AMD 2400 and VIA chipset, with no problems at all.

I did have to ake sure that the onboard sound was enabled in the Bios though.

Steve


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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:48:14 +0000

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:29:05PM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:

> i get this
> 
> 0 [VT82xx         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx
>                      HDA VIA VT82xx at 0xfbffc000 irq 19

Then this just becomes a question of loading your sound modules, I suppose. If you run "lsmod", what do you see? You ought to see things like:

[n6tadam@workstation ~]% lsmod | egrep '(sound|snd)'
snd_via82xx            28248  1 
gameport               14408  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec         94880  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus            2240  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                84104  2 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              22404  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10120  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         7680  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            24672  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8268  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    51684  9 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9440  1 snd
Hence in your case, you can most likely try doing (as root):

modprobe sndcore && modprobe snd && modprove snd_via82xx
Then you can run "alsamixer", unmute your sound devices, and try playing some sound files, or whatever.

-- Thomas Adam

-- 
"Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
Song, by The Monkees.

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Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:56:21 -0800

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 06:29:05PM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:

>    hi!

Amit, you of all people, given your history with LG, should know better than to post html e-mail to TAG.

As it is, *JUST YESTERDAY* I sent you an off-list note to stop sending html mail. Evidently you didn't see fit to take any action on it.

STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.

It is very easy to do this in gmail - just pick the "plain text" option when you are composing a message. It's right there in the middle of the line of option buttons, above the box where you enter message text. Gmail will then be able to send plain text (not html) e-mail, and will also do proper quoting style.

YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR SENDING HTML MAIL.

-- 
Kat Tanaka Okopnik
Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor
kat@linuxgazette.net

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Rick Moen [rick at linuxmafia.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:10:59 -0800

Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net):

> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.

I think you mean

<marquee> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL. </marquee>

(grinning, ducking, and running very, very quickly)


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Kat Tanaka Okopnik [kat at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:21:21 -0800

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:10:59AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net):
> 
> > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
> 
> I think you mean
> 
> <marquee>
> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
> </marquee>

Oh, good, he forgot to add <blink> and <bold> tags. And to change the colors. Whew!

> (grinning, ducking, and running very, very quickly)

Rick, can you run faster than I can ride my 1986 Honda Rebel 250? And maybe you haven't read my bio recently.

-grin-

-- 
Kat Tanaka Okopnik
Linux Gazette Mailbag Editor
kat@linuxgazette.net

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Benjamin A. Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:32:05 -0600

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:10:59AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Kat Tanaka Okopnik (kat@linuxgazette.net):
> 
> > STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
> 
> I think you mean
> 
> <marquee>
> STOP SENDING HTML MAIL.
> </marquee>

O Tempura! O Morels! (Why yes, I am a bit hungry. Why d'you ask?) Have the 'blink' and the 'bold' tags lost their vigor in Vim? Or is the thought of a bold blinking marquee too much of a punishment for any crime?

Tune in next time for the amazing conclusion of "As the Belly Churns", when one of the participants says "hey, what about that 'flying letters' effect done with Javascript?", and everyone retches from the effects of excessive and unnecessary HTML.

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *

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Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:25:20 +0000

On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:26:58AM +0530, Amit Saha wrote:

> Hi list!
> Which distro has best performance on an AMD 2800++ ?I would like to
> have the sound system working. Currently i have got FC5 and the sound
> system doesnt seem to work though the card is detected!

Any of them will do -- changing distributions to alleviate a potential problem which as your soundcard not working is not an excuse to think there's some sort of priority for distributions -- it's likely your problem will only persist. So the question then becomes what is it about your soundcard which isn't working -- and more to the point how is it being detected? You said you're using FC5 -- are they still using Kudzu as their hardware detection mechanism? What steps have you undertaken to realise it is detected? What kernel version are you using? If it's a 2.6.X kernel, I'm assuming ALSA, in which case what does the following command produce?

cat /proc/asound/cards
As an example:

[n6tadam@workstation ~]% cat /proc/asound/cards 
 0 [V8235          ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
                      VIA 8235 with CMI9739 at 0xd800, irq 209
If this is a stock kernel (hint: "uname -r" is useful here), what does:

grep -i sound /boot/config-$(uname -r)
produce as output?

These are all basic questions you should have asked yourself -- and jumping ship just at the first sign of trouble is not the answer.

-- Thomas Adam

-- 
"Wanting to feel; to know what is real.  Living is a lie." -- Purpoise
Song, by The Monkees.

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