Using old Creative CT-4810 sound card in F20 ??

[poma]

On 20.01.2015 04:40, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:41:43PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 09:46:20PM +0100, poma wrote:
>>> On 19.01.2015 21:04, Fred Smith wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:20:33PM +0100, poma wrote:
>>>>> On 19.01.2015 19:41, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/18/2015 03:02 AM, poma wrote:
>>>>>>> On 18.01.2015 00:33, Fred Smith wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to get an old Creative CT4810 sound card working on my F20
>>>>>>>> machine. I've disabled, in the BIOS, the built-in sound hardware, plugged
>>>>>>>> the creative card into a PCI slot, booted up and lspci shows no sound
>>>>>>>> hardware.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried removing and reinstalling the alsa packages that were currently
>>>>>>>> installed to no avail. perhaps there's another one I need specifically
>>>>>>>> for that card? How to tell?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any advice will be appreciated, thanks in advance!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fred
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First, the kernel needs to see that device, if it ain't broken in the first place.
>>>>>>> Try move it to another free slot if possible, and or reset the BIOS to its defaults.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, I'd try "lspci" and verify that the hardware is actually seen.
>>>>>> If it is, it may be that you need to load a driver or firmware for it.
>>>>>> The kernel may not do it automagically since it's an older card.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rather than repeat what has already been written, go test your C77 with latest & greatest, uncle Pierre is calling you.
>>>>
>>>> C77 ??
>>>>
>>>> uncle Pierre ??
>>>>
>>>> no, lspci doesn't list it (as I think I've said before--if not, my apologies).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Haha, sorry, it was for Rrrrricky!
>>> C77 is GeForce 8200 IGP as part of MCP77 - Nvidia.
>>>
>>> So have you tried the other slot, even better on another machine?
>>
>> not yet... I do have 2 of the cards, though, and both used to work,
>> though not in that motherboard. I'll try the other card and get back
>> to ya, as well as the other PCI slot.
>>
>>> Linux won't magically fix that card if it is defective, you know.
>>
>> What? And here I thought it was all magic! :)
>>
> 
> OK, I moved the card to the other PCI slot, and it is now recognized
> by lspci. There is, however, still no sound.
> 
> here's some output from various (I hope) interesting places that may
> shed some light:
> 
> 
> From dmesg:
> [    9.352299] snd_ens1371 0000:03:06.0: AC'97 0 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer.
> [    9.362902] snd_ens1371: probe of 0000:03:06.0 failed with error -5
> 
> from lspci:
> 03:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative Labs CT2518 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08)
> 
> from lsmod:
> snd_ens1371            25396  0 
> gameport               15256  1 snd_ens1371
> snd_rawmidi            29794  1 snd_ens1371
> snd_ac97_codec        129483  1 snd_ens1371
> ac97_bus               12682  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_seq                62266  0 
> snd_seq_device         14136  2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> snd_pcm               104333  2 snd_ac97_codec,snd_ens1371
>    and further down the list:
> snd_timer              28778  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd                    75905  7 snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_ens1371,snd_seq_device
> 
> 
> Those two entries from dmesg look like they'd tell me something, if I
> had a clue,... Anyone here know what that means? and maybe how to
> resolve it?
> 
> Also, the lsmod output still mentions ac97. I've got the onboard sound
> disabled in the BIOS (I just went back and checked), so I'd think those
> items would disappear. Or do I need to do something else to make them
> go away, like, e.g. rebuilt the initrd, or something?
> 
> And I don't know why lspci says "CT2518", 'cause the identifier silk-
> screened right on the card says CT4810. weird.
> 
> Again, clues will be appreciated.
> 
> Fred
> 


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