Why does my sound work properly in Ubuntu 5.04, when it does not work at all in Fedora Core 4 and SuSE 9.3?
Why did my sound work properly in Ubuntu 4.10, when it worked with a queue in Fedora Core 3 and did not work correctly (looping sound) in Novell Linux Desktop 9 (SuSE based)
My desktop uses a VIA chipset for audio/lan/ect.
In Fedora Core 3, i could get my sound to eliminate the queue when i went into my bios and deactivated my integrated sound, booted fedora and let its hardware detection manager remove the VIA driver, reboot, enable integrated sound, and finally let Fedora re-instal the audio driver.
Now, in Fedora Core 4, there is absolutely no sound at all, but there is also not hardware detection notification upon bootup like there was in fedora core 3.
I have ubuntu installed on my desktop, and is at the moment the primary OS, but I prefer Fedora. I also want to test around with SuSE.
The thing is, while i don't mind using ubuntu, a lot of my friends who would convert to linux would not like ubuntu, as it lacks the better integration of SuSE. My friend has a new AMD64 system that i built, but also contains a VIA chipset, and i would like the first install of linux on his system to run smoothly, and everything working.
What is the difference between the drivers in unbuntu related to audio and fedora/suse?
