Dell Inspiron 8500 1 G RAM 60 G disk gentoo linux 1.4 3 stage iso cdrom image cd/dvd+rw boots ok Sound card Intel Corp unknown device 8086:24c5 driver: unknown and no audio devices in /dev/ from boot prompt. how do I find the driver please Thanks Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.boot this configeration 2. 3. Actual Results: ibid Expected Results: recognise sound card
try `modprobe -t sound \*`
If your sound card happens to be pci based # emerge pciutils # lspci -v Dell is using the 'new' version of the 845MP Intel chipset. I'm fairly certain you'll find all the information you need there. If you're using the 2.5 or 2.6 kernel, try looking in Sound --> Alsa --> PCI --> Intel i8x0. If you're using the 2.4 kernel, emerge alsa-driver and insert the i8x0 driver as the module to use. If neither of the above works, try the OSS version i8xx driver. If none of the above works, check the alsa.org (?) site to see if the chipset's sound is supported. Good luck! Disclaimer: I am not a Gentoo Developer. Hint: These types of questions are usually answered in the gentoo forums. ;-)
Please ask through one of the support channels if you still have this issue!
