[SLUG] Suse sound (again, but new scenario)

[Martin Webb]

john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>>Martin:
>>Ah, didn't realise this was Realtek, with AC'97 audio codec.  AC'97 is
>>usually VIA, so when I said that usually worked OOB, it was VIA I was
>>referring to.
> 
> 
> Apparently not true: this
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realtek#Products> says Realtek has 50%
> of that market, versus <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Technologies>
> 
> So if it worked with your Via, it should work with my Realtek. Grrr!
> 
> J

Yes, that is absolutely correct.
It also corrects and adds to the mental map called "codec".  Thanks.
See you later.
Martin