02-14-2013
The same sound chips can be used in dozens of ways, but don't inform the OS of which way they're hooked up. Acer shipped your laptop with custom drivers to let it work in Windows -- Linux was not given the same courtesy. Linux doesn't know you've got an Acer, you've got to tell it.
You can tell ALSA via the option
options snd_hda_intel model=acer
These instructions are for
Gentoo but you may be able to find the equivalent file in RHEL.
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snd_fm801
SND_FM801(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SND_FM801(4)
NAME
snd_fm801 -- Forte Media FM801 bridge device driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device sound
device snd_fm801
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
snd_fm801_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The snd_fm801 bridge driver allows the generic audio driver, sound(4), to attach audio devices based on the Forte Media FM801 chipset. This
is a common chipset found in various parts used by OEM manufacturers.
HARDWARE
The snd_fm801 driver supports audio devices based on the following chipset:
o Forte Media FM801
SEE ALSO
sound(4)
HISTORY
The snd_fm801 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>.
BUGS
The Forte Media FM801 chipset is a sort of PCI bridge, not an actual sound controller, making it possible to have soundless support. One
problem is that both chipsets, with and without sound support, use the same PCI ID. This makes it impossible to determine which one is
installed.
BSD
December 1, 2005 BSD