[geeks] Linux, Thinkpad 600E, sound

[Phil Stracchino]

Caleb Shay wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>> I seek assistance.
>>
>> We have an IBM Thinkpad 600E (specifically, model 2645-3AU
> ....
> 
>> Has anyone here ever succeeded in getting sound working under Linux on
>> this model of Thinkpad, or know anyone who has?  And if so, how did you
>> or they do it?
>>
> 
> Slightly outdated, but yes, somebody has done it.
> http://www.levien.com/tp600.html


Actually:  Solved it.  The key insight was realizing that although the
Thinkpad 600 is a PCI-based laptop, the CS4237B sound chipset is an
*ISA* chipset, and I therefore needed to enable ISA-PNP support in the
kernel.


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