Type: "cd realtek-linux-audiopack-YYY", where YYY is the version of your downloaded driver (as shown if folder name, example: "cd realtek-linux-audiopack-5.17" ).Ħ. Type: "tar -xjf LinuxPkg_2", where XXX is the version of your downloaded driver (as sown in filename, example: "tar -xjf LinuxPkg_5.2 ").ĥ. Change to the folder where you downloaded the driver (ie: "cd ~/Downloads")Ĥ. Type: "sudo su" and enter root password.Ĥ.
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So, how to install the correctly and working drivers:ġ. Using the "automated" realtek official driver installation leaves you to a no-sound and no hardware sound support. In other words, only the front speakers works right. It swaps the rear speakers, the side speakers and the LFE/center speakers as well. This is a quick tutorial for who are having problems with swapped surround sound problems using realtek alc892.īy default Linux Kernel/ALSA does not support this chipset correctly. Nothing in the sound installtion indicated Realtek.Hello folks. I'm not completely sure the sound installtion is finding the new realtek driver or the default kernel driver. Trying to add that soundcard (ICH7) then going to quick installation just locks up the sound installation so badly that only booting kills the process. Since the X10SAE has 7 channel sound, I assume I need ICH7. If I go into yast2 then sound and delete the sound card then try to add one, I do find snd-hda-intel, but there are a number of choices for drivers. Atempting to run alsamixer yields "cannot open mixer: No such file or directory" If I go to yast2 then sound, it indicates the drive is indeed snd-hda-intel. However modprobe snd_intel_hda still locks. Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00000C0Csv00008086sd00002010bc04sc03i00"ĭriver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"Ĭonfig Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknownNote that the opensuse thread I referenced has dashes in snd-hda-intel rather than snd_hda_intel as shown in the hardware probe. SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" I ran the yast2 hardware sniffer with these results regarding sound: Since it is easy to reinstall the Realtek driver with a "make install", I did that. However modprobe snd-hda-intel just locks up the terminal window until I control C out of it. Fortunately there is a thread on the opensuse forum specific to doing this, and the only successful thread I found on using the ALC1150 chip. Since I can't get the official Realtek driver to work, the alsa-users list suggested I reinstall the desktop kernel. The driver installation requires the linux kernel source to be installed. Just edit the text as explained on the webpage and the make will work. The make will indicate the line with the error. The webpage is for an error with the wifi driver, but it is the same basic error. However the make will crash due to an error explained here: Go to high definition audio codecs, then pick the driver for linux driver 3.0. Regarding the Realtek driver, here are the tricks to get the installation to run to completion. I have successfully run the Realtek 5.18 driver tarball, well presuming successful means it looks like the driver was installed. I'm running 13.1 64bit on intel iron, specifically the supermicro X10SAE. There are many threads on the internet regarding the Realtek ALC1150 driver and alsa, with most ending up buying some other soundcard.