No sound on FC2 to FC3T3 update... artsd going nuts

[Kim Lux]

Sound doesn't work on my laptop with FC3T3. It did with FC2. 
 
 Here is the vital info:
 
 On login I get this message:
 
 Sound server informational message:
 Error while initializing the sound driver:
 device: default can't be opened for playback (Device or resource busy)
 The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
 
 
 Sometimes after login I get this message:
 
 Sound server fatal error:
 cpu overload, aborting
 
 
 In hwbrowser I find:
 
 Sound cards: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
 Manufacturer: Unknown
 Driver: snd-intel8x0
 
 
 If I run system-config-sound:
 
 The following audio device was detected:
 <blurb here, same as hwbrowser>
 When I press "Play Test Sound" the application hangs. 
 
 If I run tops, I find that artsd hogs the cpu cycles like crazy. 
 
 In dmesg everything looks normal as far as errors go. There doesn't
appear to be a driver loaded for sound. Here is the only stuff I see
that might be related to sound: 
 
 ICH5: chipset revision 2
 ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
 
 codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
 codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
 codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
 codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
 codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
 codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18
 codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18
 
 All other logs are clean. 
 
 In /etc, I have a asound.state and an alsa dir.
 
 asound.state looks normal and only contains stuff about mixer. 
 
 asound.conf is not present.
 in /etc/alsa, I have alsa.conf. There is nothing special in it.
  
 /sbin/lsmod
 Module Size Used by
 parport_pc 24705 1
 lp 11565 0
 parport 41736 2 parport_pc,lp
 autofs4 24005 0
 i2c_dev 10433 0
 i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
 ds 16965 2
 sunrpc 160421 1
 ipt_REJECT 6465 1
 ipt_state 1857 1
 ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
 iptable_filter 2753 1
 ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
 microcode 6497 0
 dm_mod 54741 0
 button 6481 0
 battery 8517 0
 ac 4805 0
 md5 4033 1
 ipv6 232577 10
 joydev 8705 0
 ohci1394 35033 0
 ieee1394 302869 1 ohci1394
 yenta_socket 18753 0
 pcmcia_core 59913 2 ds,yenta_socket
 uhci_hcd 31449 0
 ehci_hcd 31557 0
 hw_random 5589 0
 snd_intel8x0m 18185 0
 snd_intel8x0 34829 3
 snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
 snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
 snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
 snd_pcm 97993 5 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
 snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
 snd_page_alloc 9673 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
 gameport 4801 1 snd_intel8x0
 snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0
 snd_rawmidi 26725 1 snd_mpu401_uart
 snd_seq_device 8137 1 snd_rawmidi
 snd 54053 15 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_
oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uar
t,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
 soundcore 9889 1 snd
 ndiswrapper 114744 0
 8139too 26305 0
 mii 4673 1 8139too
 ext3 116809 2
 jbd 74969 1 ext3
 
 
 I figured out how to turn off aRts: Start->Control Center -> Sound and
Multi.->Sound System-> General. Turn off the "Enable the Sound System"
option.
 
 I also tried changing the audio device on the Hardware tab to alsa,
with no effect. 


I've update to kernel 2.6.9-1.643 and I've updated alsa to 1.0.6-3.


Any advice ?  How do I troubleshoot this ?  


-- 
Kim Lux (Mr.) <lux(a)diesel-research.com&gt;

[Kim Lux]

$ system-config-soundcard
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' :
Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Warning: rate is not accurate (requested = 44100Hz, got = 48000Hz)
         please, try the plug plugin (-Dplug:hw:0,0)
aplay: pcm_write:1115: write error: Input/output error

Here I am running system-config-soundcard with system sound disabled in
controlcenter.  I can fix the 44.1khz problem if I enable sound in
controlcenter, but then artsd goes nuts.   

BTW: I don't have alsaconfig installed on my machine, not that I can
find.  Google archives talk about it.  I looked in the changelog and it
appears to have been removed from later alsa versions.  Am I correct on
this ?

[Kim Lux]

$ cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.6 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.9-1.643 #1 Fri Oct 22 14:48:08
EDT 2004i686
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config:
Intel ICH5 at 0xd0000c00, irq 10

Audio devices:
0: Intel ICH5 (DUPLEX)

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers:
0: Conexant id 30


-- 
Kim Lux (Mr.) <lux(a)diesel-research.com&gt;

"Find Files" hangs.

[Kim Lux]

This might be a KDE thing, but I'll report it anyway.

FindFiles hangs regularly.  I haven't found a pattern, but here is one
that works reliably on my machine:

Named: Myproject

Look in: file/home/krlux

Include subdirectories: enabled. 

-- 
Kim Lux (Mr.) <lux(a)diesel-research.com&gt;

[Steve Watford]

Did you ever resolve this with your laptop?  I am getting exactly the same 
errors and experience with a new laptop I just purchased.  I never had FC2 on 
this laptop before, it was a clean install of FC3.  Didn't throw any errors 
during the install, but I get the same cpu overload with artsd going nuts 
until it shuts itself down.

output from /sbin/lspci:
 00:1f:.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82891DB/DBL/DBM 
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

Mine is basically a KDE install. Pretty generic but KDE not Gnome.

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve


On Wednesday 27 October 2004 11:55 am, Kim Lux (Mr.) wrote:
>  Sound doesn't work on my laptop with FC3T3. It did with FC2.
>
>   Here is the vital info:
>
>   On login I get this message:
>
>   Sound server informational message:
>   Error while initializing the sound driver:
>   device: default can't be opened for playback (Device or resource busy)
>   The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
>
>
>   Sometimes after login I get this message:
>
>   Sound server fatal error:
>   cpu overload, aborting
>
>
>   In hwbrowser I find:
>
>   Sound cards: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
>   Manufacturer: Unknown
>   Driver: snd-intel8x0
>
>
>   If I run system-config-sound:
>
>   The following audio device was detected:
>   <blurb here, same as hwbrowser>
>   When I press "Play Test Sound" the application hangs.
>
>   If I run tops, I find that artsd hogs the cpu cycles like crazy.
>
>   In dmesg everything looks normal as far as errors go. There doesn't
>  appear to be a driver loaded for sound. Here is the only stuff I see
>  that might be related to sound:
>
>   ICH5: chipset revision 2
>   ICH5: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
>
>   codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
>   codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
>   codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2c
>   codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
>   codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x2
>   codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18
>   codec_write 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x18
>
>   All other logs are clean.
>
>   In /etc, I have a asound.state and an alsa dir.
>
>   asound.state looks normal and only contains stuff about mixer.
>
>   asound.conf is not present.
>   in /etc/alsa, I have alsa.conf. There is nothing special in it.
>
>   /sbin/lsmod
>   Module Size Used by
>   parport_pc 24705 1
>   lp 11565 0
>   parport 41736 2 parport_pc,lp
>   autofs4 24005 0
>   i2c_dev 10433 0
>   i2c_core 22081 1 i2c_dev
>   ds 16965 2
>   sunrpc 160421 1
>   ipt_REJECT 6465 1
>   ipt_state 1857 1
>   ip_conntrack 40693 1 ipt_state
>   iptable_filter 2753 1
>   ip_tables 16193 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
>   microcode 6497 0
>   dm_mod 54741 0
>   button 6481 0
>   battery 8517 0
>   ac 4805 0
>   md5 4033 1
>   ipv6 232577 10
>   joydev 8705 0
>   ohci1394 35033 0
>   ieee1394 302869 1 ohci1394
>   yenta_socket 18753 0
>   pcmcia_core 59913 2 ds,yenta_socket
>   uhci_hcd 31449 0
>   ehci_hcd 31557 0
>   hw_random 5589 0
>   snd_intel8x0m 18185 0
>   snd_intel8x0 34829 3
>   snd_ac97_codec 64401 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
>   snd_pcm_oss 47609 0
>   snd_mixer_oss 17217 1 snd_pcm_oss
>   snd_pcm 97993 5 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
>   snd_timer 29765 1 snd_pcm
>   snd_page_alloc 9673 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>   gameport 4801 1 snd_intel8x0
>   snd_mpu401_uart 8769 1 snd_intel8x0
>   snd_rawmidi 26725 1 snd_mpu401_uart
>   snd_seq_device 8137 1 snd_rawmidi
>   snd 54053 15 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_
>  oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uar
>  t,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
>   soundcore 9889 1 snd
>   ndiswrapper 114744 0
>   8139too 26305 0
>   mii 4673 1 8139too
>   ext3 116809 2
>   jbd 74969 1 ext3
>
>
>   I figured out how to turn off aRts: Start->Control Center -> Sound and
>  Multi.->Sound System-> General. Turn off the "Enable the Sound System"
>  option.
>
>   I also tried changing the audio device on the Hardware tab to alsa,
>  with no effect.
>
>
>  I've update to kernel 2.6.9-1.643 and I've updated alsa to 1.0.6-3.
>
>
>  Any advice ?  How do I troubleshoot this ?
>
>
>  --
>  Kim Lux (Mr.) <lux(a)diesel-research.com&gt;