[WBEL-users] sis 7018 soundcard does not work

[Michiel van Es]

TNguyennsj@netscape.net wrote:

> Hi list,
> I recently ditched fedora and switched to WBEL.  Under fedora the soundcard on my laptop worked.  However, now it does not.  The soundcard is a onboard sis 7018.  When I use the soundcard settings in system settings, and click on "Play test sound" button, I get the following error popup.
> 
> The trident driver could not be loaded.  This soundcard may not be compatible with Linux.
> 
> Here is the modules.conf content.
> 
> alias eth0 sis900
> alias usb-controller usb-ohci
> alias sound-slot-0 trident
> post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
> J.T.
> 

Fedora is a bleeding edge distro with the newest version of all drivers.
WBEL is based on the stable side of Fedora, so do not expect to have the 
newest drivers working out-of-the box on WBEL 3.0 even if they just 
worked fine on Fedora.

M.