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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve got Asterisk up and running on a VIA mini-itx
M10K with a TDM-400 card but I’m having a terrible time with the sound
setup. I tried RH9 and Debian distributions, with 2.4.18, 20, 22, 24 and 26
kernels. I’ve used the VIA drivers, ALSA drivers, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OSS</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> drivers and
Kernel drivers with varying results. I can setup the audio to work with a
few different applications, 2 channels and 6 channels with good results depending
on the driver (without asterisk running). Knoppix even kicks the sound
chip in the ass and sounds great.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The problem is Asterisk doesn’t work well with any of
the drivers or kernels or settings (as far as the sound goes). I’ve
loaded Asterisk with and without oss and alsa in modules.conf. Sometime
the sound card is found, sometimes not. I’ve tried Asterisk stable and
latest cvs. When the sound card appears to be working fine and Asterisk loads
ok and sees the card, loads oss_module, the sound through the console is choppy
and delayed. I’ve tweaked kernel settings and sound module settings
till I can tweak any longer. I’ve read a million post about this
and tried many work-a-rounds. The Asterisk Wiki has a post about
installing Asterisk on this motherboard but no mention of sound.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’ve experienced AC97’ sound chip driver
problems in the past with other motherboards, but always had the room to throw
in a cheap sound card to get * up and running with console working. This
mini-itx case doesn’t have the room for 2 pci cards, so I really need to
get the on-board sound working.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I fear that this sound chip and asterisk combo are just not
compatible. If anyone has got this working, please share. I can
send more info if needed.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>JR</span></font></p>
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