Greetings all;

I recently got around to installing Gentoo on a slightly modified, but old
PCV-200 Vaio (Pentium II Klamath 233mhz, 512MB RAM, 100GB HD). Everythings
working quite well except the sound. Its got a built in soundcard, but I
can't figure out what kind. I'm fairly experianced with building a
kernel and such, I just don't know what driver to use. I've tried "100% SB
compatable" but when I try and load the module I get this:

akira root # modprobe sb
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: init_module: No
such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: insmod /lib
modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: insmod sb failed

When I boot using a live CD, it detects the sound and loads a "ad1848"
driver module, but I don't know what to select to get that module, or if
it'll even actually work (it also claims to find a "soundcard-soundcard-0")

What makes matters worse is that this machine was given to me, so I don't
have the manual, and I can't find anything online.

Anybody have any suggestions or information in getting my sound to work?

--
Shan Destromp

Shan Destromp wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> I recently got around to installing Gentoo on a slightly modified, but old
> PCV-200 Vaio (Pentium II Klamath 233mhz, 512MB RAM, 100GB HD). Everythings
> working quite well except the sound. Its got a built in soundcard, but I
> can't figure out what kind. I'm fairly experianced with building a
> kernel and such, I just don't know what driver to use. I've tried "100% SB
> compatable" but when I try and load the module I get this:
>
> akira root # modprobe sb
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: init_module: No
> such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
> You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: insmod /lib
> modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.20-gentoo-r9/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> When I boot using a live CD, it detects the sound and loads a "ad1848"
> driver module, but I don't know what to select to get that module, or if
> it'll even actually work (it also claims to find a "soundcard-soundcard-0")
>
> What makes matters worse is that this machine was given to me, so I don't
> have the manual, and I can't find anything online.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions or information in getting my sound to work?
>
> --
> Shan Destromp

The LiveCD does hardware auto-detection. First off, I suggest you
install hotplug. It will help with must stuff in general.

Then - look at the Gentoo guide for installing ALSA.