HOWTO: Nvidia nForce SoundStorm APU: Digital output, Surround and Hardware mixing

[jocko]

]but the system freezes when the nvsound module is loaded :/

I hope you are not trying to load nvsound with pulseaudio. That will cause a complete system freeze.

[gilson585]

many thanks for the how-to
man i spent a long time trying to figure out what i did wrong at first, may i suggest changing the line "Running "gstreamer-properties" and "gnome-sound-properties" from a terminal and selecting oss in all menus will take care of many applications." to something more noticeable. maybe like
Run the following from a terminal and select oss in all menus. This will take care of many applications.

gstreamer-properties
gnome-sound-properties

[jocko]

many thanks for the how-to
man i spent a long time trying to figure out what i did wrong at first, may i suggest changing the line "Running "gstreamer-properties" and "gnome-sound-properties" from a terminal and selecting oss in all menus will take care of many applications." to something more noticeable. maybe like
Run the following from a terminal and select oss in all menus. This will take care of many applications.

gstreamer-properties
gnome-sound-properties

Done that + added patches to fix breakage with kernel 2.6.30...

[eriktenburen]

Hey jocko!

Still using soundtorm here! bt i know have kernel 2.6.28 but it seems there is no patch for it...? Do i miss something?

Help appriciated thanks!

[jocko]

Hey jocko!

Still using soundtorm here! bt i know have kernel 2.6.28 but it seems there is no patch for it...? Do i miss something?

Help appriciated thanks!

The patch for 2.6.28 is named "2.6.27-patch", because it works for both .27 and .28.

c) For kernel 2.6.27 (Intrepid) or 2.6.28 (Jaunty):

./2.6.27-patch
sudo ./nforce-installer

[eriktenburen]

Thanks Jocko!

Did that yesterday but it wasn't working. But I got it up and running again.

[ppurka]

Done that + added patches to fix breakage with kernel 2.6.30...

Hey Jocko! Many many thanks for the patches! I have been able to figure out finally why the nvsound module wasn't loading for me with the newer kernels. It seems all the functions register_sound_* have been put under a

#ifdef CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE
...
#endif

statement. I hadn't noticed this earlier. In 2.6.30, I just enabled the Sound and then enabled OSS as modules (I had never enabled OSS earlier in <=2.6.27). This enabled the functions register_sound_* to be visible to nvsound and it promptly loaded
Now, thanks to your patches, I am enjoying nvsound in 2.6.30

[osxuser]

Wow, I haven't attempted to use Linux in quite some time and this was really helpful. Thanks!

[osxuser]

When I try to play music with Rhythmbox I get this garbled mess. What could be causing that?

[PhantomPholly]

Deleted - fixed in another thread.