Onboard Sound ASUS A7V8X-X

Hi everybody.

I'm a Linux newbie - just bought my first computer last week.
I have installed RedHat 8.0 (psyche)

I am having trouble setting up the online sound for my ASUSUS a7B8X-X 
motherboard.

Can you help me?

>In the manual that came with the motherboard.
>The Audio specifications are: ADI 1980 6-channel CODEC S/PDIF out 
>interface.
>Audio controller: AC97 Audio controller
>
>If I start X, then open main => systemsettings => soundcard detection
>
>Then the sound configuration dialog pops up with the following information:
>
>Vendor: VIA technologies
>Model: VT8233 AC97 Audio controller
>Module: via82cxxx_audio
>
>This seems to be correct information. However clicking on the "Play Test 
>Sound" button has no result.
>
>Within the file /var/log/messages are the following error messages:
>
>*******
>
>localhost insmod: 
>/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: init_module: 
>No such device
>
>localhost insmod: Hint: ins_mod errors can be caused by incorrect module 
>parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters, you may find more 
>information in syslog or the output from dmesg
>
>localhost ins_mod: 
>/lib/modules/2.4.18-24/kernel/drivers/sound/via82cxxx_audio.o: ins_mod: 
>sound-slot-0 failed
>
>localhost modprove: modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3
>
>*******
>
>It is, indeed, true that the directory 
>/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound
>does not contain a file named via82cxxx_audio.o
>It does, however contain a file named ac97_codec.o
>and a file named ac97.o
>
>Two solutions immediately suggest themselves:
>1. Try using the ac97_codec driver or the ac97 driver instead of the 
>via82cxxx_audio driver
>2. Try to download a copy of the via82cxxx_audio driver from the internet.
>
>I tried the first solution first. The original contents of the file 
>/etc/modules.conf was
>
>alias sound-slot-0 via82cxxx_audio
>post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
>2>&1 || :
>pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
>2>&1 || :
>
>without really knowing what I was doing, since I'm a complete newbie, I 
>tried changing this to
>
>alias sound-slot-0 ac97
>post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
>2>&1 || :
>pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -s >/dev/null 
>2>&1 || :
>
>then rebooting my computer.
>The computer successfully rebooted
>I then started X and tried again:
>main => systemsettings => soundcard detection
>
>Again the sound configuration dialog poped up - but the information was the 
>same as before!
>
>Vendor: VIA technologies
>Model: VT8233 AC97 Audio controller
>Module: via82cxxx_audio
>
>via82cxxx_audio had not been changed to ac97!!!!
>
>Why is this?
>It seems that redhat-config-sound is not making use of the configuration 
>information in /etc/modules.conf
>What configuration file is it using instead?
>How can I over-ride the auto-probe?
>or alternatively, where can I get hold of the via82cxxx_audio driver?
>
>If you've read this far into my email,
>Thankyou for your time.
>

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