On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 20:06 -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > MHR wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Mike A. Harris<mharris at mharris.ca> wrote: > >> The new kernel-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.i686 kernel breaks audio support on my > >> onboard audio on an AMD Solo motherboard. > >> > >> 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] > >> AMD-8111 AC97 Audio (rev 03) > >> > > > > I have this on my ECS GeForce6100PM-M2 w/AMD 64x2 7750: > > > > 00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2) > > > > No new problems with sound on the 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.x86_64 kernel (I > > know, it's the 64-bit kernel, not your 32-bit one). I have other, > > older problems related to SeaMonkey 2.0a3, but that's not related. > > That's a useful datapoint nonetheless, thanks! It's much better if it's > limited to a specific piece of hardware or subset of hardware than to be > widespread... even if it makes it harder to track down. ;o) Curiosity killed the cat, so I went and looked at the config files in /boot for the latest 3 versions. No changes shown there for AC97 or 8111 stuff. So now it sounds like either a loadable module-related problem, either in the module itself or the modprobe conf. I wonder if some parameter change is needed. > > Thanks for the response. > > - -- > Mike A. Harris > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill