Re: Nvidia nforce2 mobo/graphics problem

[Randy Kelsoe <randykel swbell net>]

Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr Nordic/Baltic - Java System Software - Sun 
Microsystems wrote:

> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > I installed FC2 from the standard DVD on a machine with the 
> > > > following hardware:
> > > >
> > > > - Soltek SL75FRN2-L motherboard with nVidia nForce2 chipset
> > > > - nVidia FX5200 AGP graphics card
> > > > - Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio
> > The nvidia chipset driver may not help. He says he has a 'Onboard 
> > Realtek AC'97 audio' chip, not the nforce2 audio chip.
> >
> > Have you run alsaconf?  If not, give that a try, and see if your 
> > audio gets detected. You might confirm which audio chipset you have 
> > by doing a
> >
> >    lspci -v |grep -i audio
> Correct, my mobo doesn't have nforce audio. It has the more basic 
> Realtek chips. I discovered that I actually do get sound, but only on 
> the front 2 channels, not the surround channels. In Windows, the audio 
> output ports can be configured so that the microphone port becomes the 
> rear (or surround) port. I need to do this in Fedora as well, since I 
> have speakers connected to both front and rear outputs. 

I don't see any RealTek audio chipsets mentioned at the Alsa driver page:

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=All#matrix

I am using the nforce2 audio chipset, and it uses the intel8x0 driver. 
When I run alsamixer, at the top, I get:

Card: NVidia 
nForce2                                                                                                             

Chip: Realtek ALC650 rev 3

what do you get if you do a 'lspci |grep -i audio' and also a 'lsmod 
|grep -i snd' ?