[PANIC] What to do after changing motherboard?

[Quaxo76]

Hello,
I just changed my motherboard (everything else being the same, i.e. CPU, RAM, GPU etc.).
I didn't reinstall linux, and almost everything works fine (even the integrated Giga ethernet adapter).
The only problem is with the integrated audio.
The new motherboard is an ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI board, with a Realtek Azalia audio chip - here's the output of lspci:

cristian@cristian-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0754 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075d (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0752 (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0751 (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0753 (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0568 (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077b (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077c (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077d (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077e (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0759 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0774 (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075a (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0ad0 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0760 (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0778 (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075b (rev a1)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077a (rev a1)
00:14.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077a (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)

The integrated audio card of the previous motherboard was working fine, while this new one gives me lots of problems. With Amarok, I can hear mp3s, but if there's something that uses CPU (sometimes also just moving the mouse) I can hear ugly crackling noises (the same noise you would hear when playing a data CD in an old audio-CD player).
When I try to play games, or to play mp3s with Kaffeine, I get only noise.
So... is it that my new audio card is not supported? Or should I reinstall the audio system, with some sort of "hardware-detect" wizard? Or should I reinstall the whole system (ARGH!)?

Thanks,
Cristian

[Edit: All those "NVidia Corporation Unknown Device" messages are rather scary... Is my board supported at all?!?]

[dibl]

Re: What to do after changing motherboard?

That's a nice board! Unfortunately, with the Nvidia nforce 750a media processor, your Linux kernel from the prior installation isn't really talking to some parts of the hardware, I'm afraid.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=113487

The Realtek chip has excellent specifications, but it appears folks are still figuring out how to set it up with an ALSA driver:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...realtek+azalia


If it were me, I would do a fresh install with 8.04.1, hoping to get better hardware detection during the installation process. For example, if it picks up on the nforce chip and that takes care of USB and graphics, then you'll only have to spend your time fiddling with the audio. Or it might correctly configure all of it -- I dunno.

HTH.

[Quaxo76]

Re: What to do after changing motherboard?

Hmmm... I was hoping there was a way to "re-do" the initial hardware detection, and reinstall the needed drivers. Oh well. I'll try installing a new Linux on a spare partition and see what happens... I hoped I didn't have to do that!
At least Linux lets me work with this board... My (very old) Windows partition wasn't so nice. After changing the motherboard, it just "blue-screens" at boot!

Cristian

[Edit: I forgot mentioning that I disabled the internal (onboard) graphics card, and installed a nVidia 8800GT instead... which works perfectly with the drivers installed by envyng!]

[Quaxo76]

Re: What to do after changing motherboard?

PANIC - I tried reinstalling Kubuntu after backing up my data. I put my trusty 8.04 install disk (used to install several systems) and when I try to install Linux, it drops immediately to BusyBox! Even if I try to just boot the live CD the same happens.
I tried googling around a bit but found nothing.
What's wrong? Is the kernel on the CD too old to support my CPU? How do I install a new system with this hardware (besides waiting for 8.10)?

Thanks
Cristian

[dibl]

Re: [PANIC] What to do after changing motherboard?

I hate when that happens!

On the Live CD, there is an "Options" button -- maybe F6 or F4. You need to push that and then you are going to have to figure out which boot option(s) is needed to enable it to boot. Maybe "vga=791" or "vga=785" if it is just a video issue. If you have to, Google "linux boot options" or "boot cheatcodes" to see other possibilities -- for example some powersaving problems require "noapic-noacpi".

[Quaxo76]

Re: [PANIC] What to do after changing motherboard?

I succeeded booting the liveCD. I had to add the option "all_generic_ide".
But sadly, this doesn't help me getting a working sound system. I booted into the live-cd, entered the sound configuration page and played the test sound... and all I could hear was static with small bits of music looping inside. So, I suppose I wouldn't get any benefit by reinstalling the system...

Cristian

[assettt]

Re: [PANIC] What to do after changing motherboard?

I'm pretty sure my board has the Nvidia controllers and had no problem with a fresh install of 8.04. My board is gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2691. I remember the live Kubuntu 8.04 cd was not able to run with the board but strangely the ubuntu 8.04 live cd works fine.