I'm a little new to CentOS and very rusty on Linux in general (it's been 7 years since I worked on a Linux kernel), so this may seem like a dumb question.
I have two issues with my machine - sound and video. My sound card is not recognized at all (I think it's on the mobo, but I'm not sure how to identify it), and I have an ATI dual video card with two screens, but both show the same output, so I'm guessing that my CentOS does not know what it is, either (they show up as unidentified in the config file).
I'm running 2.6.9-42.0.3ELsmp and can't upgrade to a newer kernel for the time being.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
I have two issues with my machine - sound and video. My sound card is not recognized at all (I think it's on the mobo, but I'm not sure how to identify it), and I have an ATI dual video card with two screens, but both show the same output, so I'm guessing that my CentOS does not know what it is, either (they show up as unidentified in the config file).
What I do is
# get plain-language pci listing lspci # get numeric only pci listing lspci -n
Match the plain listing with the numeric listing to get the raw PCI ID of the device in question, e.g.,
# plain language 01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
# numeric 01:0c.0 0200: 8086:100e (rev 02)
Then head to the Linux PCI ID repo and search for the specific ID ($3 to awk :-), in this case, "8086:100e":
In this case, 8086 is an Intel vendor ID and 100e specifies a '82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller' device.
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