RHEL 3 Sound drivers for the 490n

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 9/2/06, steve_dum at mentor.com <steve_dum at mentor.com> wrote:
> Are there sound drivers available for RHEL3 for the Precision 490?
> I saw that the snd-hda-intel-1.0.6p-9.tar.gz package is available on the dell
> download site for RHEL4.0/1 but what about RHEL3 - since I'm forced to use
> RHEL3 for various reasons.
>

>From what Dell superstar John Hull said previously.. the Intel sound
drivers have never been written for OSS which is what the in 2.4
kernel. He did make a set of packages for 2.4 later

http://linux.dell.com/files/audio/intel-high-def/rhel3/i386/RPMS/

BUT there is no guarentee they will work for your chipset, your
mileage may vary, and you may just end up with the device continuosly
playing Elvis's "Bridge over Troubled Waters" even after the system
has been powered off.

> thanks
> steve
>
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