sound card not detected in puppy linux live cd

[Ramakrishnan]

I downloaded puppylinux live cd, When I used the same, my soundcard(AC97 in Intel 915 motherboard) was not detected. please tell me what to do

 

[praka123]

In normal Linux distributions you need to get alsa*www.alsa-project.org installed.check in puppy whether any config tools available.also check their website and forums.you can try modprobe the modules.check needed modules loaded using the below commands.also if mixer is available unmute relevent volume controls

lspci

whether it lists the soundcard

lsmod  |grep snd

*www.puppylinux.com/faq.htm
between alsa>=1.0.7 supports Intel 915GV Intel Azalia/HDA onboard audio.it isnt the old ac'97 found on other intel cards since i use 915GAV mobo.
my 915GAV's lsmod |grep snd shows as below:

sarge:~# lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_intel          17328  3
snd_hda_codec          80736  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            47200  1
snd_mixer_oss          16768  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                81508  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23364  3 snd_seq,snd_rtctimer,snd_pcm
snd                    52804  12 snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc                    12980  1 snd_rtctimer
soundcore               9728  3 snd
snd_page_alloc         10568  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

just saw this thread on ALSA for puppy:
*www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=1559

 

[Ramakrishnan]

I downloaded the multisession iso of puppy linux and it worked. it has detected all my hardware incuding sound card. For a 63 MB distro, it was fantastic. does it mean that ubuntu and Red Hat and Suse will be better than this. I am immensely impressed.

 

[praka123]

Yes.They are better in there own areas.Debian and Ubuntu are my favourites