Re: [Alsa-user] Multiple Sound Cards on Asus mobo

[Greg L. <gr...@li...>]

Dick Middleton wrote:

> This is not a specifically Alsa query but I was hoping someone could 
> tell me if this is a feature or a problem:
>
> I have an Asus A7V880 mobo with onboard VT8237 sound.  The sound works 
> OK until I insert another sound card.  Then it seems like the card is 
> disabled.  It ceases to be visible using lspci.
>
> Is this a problem that's peculiar to me or is it a feature of the mobo.?


I have an Asus A8V Deluxe, VT8237 sound.  It works like that.  The sound 
worked before I put
in the soundcard (Audigy2 zs), stopped after.   It does work during 
system boot for voice
post messages, but there's no sign of the VT8237 from within Linux.  
Lspci doesn't show it.
The Audigy card works ok.

I googled and picked up a rumor, automatically translated from Norwegian 
or Danish and so
a little difficult to understand.  But the gist seemed to be that Asus 
is uncommunicative about
the problem, but an Asus salesperson has said the native sound is 
disabled when a soundcard is
detected.  A feature, I guess.

Very irritating.

Greg