Re: Suse Linux 8.0: trouble with audio

linuxuser wrote:
> The first computer, we tryed to install Linux on, is a Pentium IV 2.5 
> Ghz, with a large hard disk (120 GB) and a lot of RAM (512 Mb). 
> On this computer the sound card (integrated on the main board) has not 
> been recognized by Linux, and the sound doesn't work. The sound 
> chipset name is: Sigmatel Stac 9750T. Also the printer (Hp deskjet 
> 920C) doesn't work (maybe because of the USB ports...) and the modem 
> (a PCI card): Aztech CNR 2800 W V92.

The modem won't work without drivers, perhaps not at all.  check 
www.linmodems.org and as for the sound you should get the 8.0 updates 
for sound.  check:

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/thallma_alsaup_80.html

but first for both computers check uname -a and if the smp kernel is 
installed remove it using the following article's instructions:

http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/thallma_restoring_snd80.html

for the printer check www.linuxprinting.org

> On the other computer, a Pentium IV 1.6 Ghz, with 40 GB HDD and 256 MB 
> RAM, Suse Linux 8.0 managed to recognize all the hardware, during 
> installation.
> Anyway there's a bigger problem: when I reboot the system (after 
> installation) it can't boot. It stops on the line about sound 
> (something like "loading previous sound...")

Cu,

-Paul