RHEL 3 Sound drivers for the 490n

[steve_dum at mentor.com]

In message <80d7e4090609022158n53ed10bbobbef37dbbe365870 at mail.gmail.com>you wri
te:
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>>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

thanks, this looks promising - it compiles and loads, but
until tuesday, it's hard to tell if it works when accessing things
remotely.

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

If it could do that it would be worth it.  Think of the annoyances to
fellow office mates.

steve