Sound on Acer Aspire ZWLMi notebook

[JeeBee]

Dear Fedora users,

Recently, I have bought an Acer Aspire ZWLMi notebook, and I
installed Fedora Core 5 on it. It works very well, except for
sound, which I cannot seem to configure properly.

It has an Intel HD (high definition) Audio card.
I believe this is a Realtek ALC883 (this is what Alsa's autodetect says),
but I'm not sure.

I tried several things to configure my card (e.g. I tried configuring alsa),
but nothing worked. Is there another user with the same sound card who got
this working? And, if so, what driver was used?

Thanks in advance,
JeeBee.

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 25 July 2006 11:41, JeeBee wrote:
> Dear Fedora users,
>
> Recently, I have bought an Acer Aspire ZWLMi notebook, and I
> installed Fedora Core 5 on it. It works very well, except for
> sound, which I cannot seem to configure properly.
>
> It has an Intel HD (high definition) Audio card.
> I believe this is a Realtek ALC883 (this is what Alsa's autodetect says),
> but I'm not sure.
>
> I tried several things to configure my card (e.g. I tried configuring
> alsa), but nothing worked. Is there another user with the same sound card
> who got this working? And, if so, what driver was used?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> JeeBee.

Hi JeeBee.  According to the Alsa soundcard matrix it uses the "hda-intel" 
driver. See.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Intel#matrix

I don't use that card myself, so can't really comment as to whether there are 
any difficulties with it.

Nigel.

[JeeBee]

Thanks Nigel, that is the one I'm currently experimenting with.

I have these installed:
# rpm -qa | grep alsa
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.11-4.rc2
alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.2.rc1.fc5
alsa-tools-1.0.10-2.fc5
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

Then I also downloaded/compiled and installed the newest
alsa sources 1.0.12.rc1 from alsa-project.org.

The modules seem to be loaded:
# lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel          19220  0
snd_hda_codec         142592  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
snd_seq_oss            34688  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                54224  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          9612  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            43168  0
snd_mixer_oss          18560  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                79364  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              24836  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    56548  10 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10017  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

aplay does not give an error, but I do not hear anything:
# aplay `locate KDE_Startup_new`
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit
Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo

What more can I try?

# /etc/init.d/alsasound status
ALSA sound driver loaded.

This command hangs for ever:
# /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver:

After some debugging, I think it's because this one also hangs for ever:
# aconnect --removeall

Thanks for any suggestion,
JeeBee.

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 25 July 2006 13:08, JeeBee wrote:
> Thanks Nigel, that is the one I'm currently experimenting with.
>
> I have these installed:
> # rpm -qa | grep alsa
> alsa-lib-devel-1.0.11-4.rc2
> alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.2.rc1.fc5
> alsa-tools-1.0.10-2.fc5
> alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2
> alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2
>
> Then I also downloaded/compiled and installed the newest
> alsa sources 1.0.12.rc1 from alsa-project.org.
>
> The modules seem to be loaded:
> # lsmod | grep snd
> snd_hda_intel          19220  0
> snd_hda_codec         142592  1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
> snd_seq_oss            34688  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                54224  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device          9612 
> 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            43168  0
> snd_mixer_oss          18560  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                79364  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              24836  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd                    56548  10
> snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_devic
> e,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore              10017 
> 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>
> aplay does not give an error, but I do not hear anything:
> # aplay `locate KDE_Startup_new`
> Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo
>
> What more can I try?
>
> # /etc/init.d/alsasound status
> ALSA sound driver loaded.
>
> This command hangs for ever:
> # /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
> Shutting down sound driver:

Here I would have suggested, if your using KDE, to make sure that the aRts 
sound server is not running, as the card is not capable of hardware mixing, 
and aRts would interfere with other apps, as it grabs the sound card. But I 
would have expected some sort of error from Aplay in that case.

It's probably worth checking alsamixer on the CLI. I don't know what sliders 
and switches are there for that card.  The "external amplifier" switch 
sometimes causes problems, and is worth unmuting that. Hit M to toggle the 
switches, and make sure that sliders like "master" , "PCM" , and "front" are 
up.
> Thanks for any suggestion,
> JeeBee.

Nigel.

[JeeBee]

This might be useful information too.
The below line is part of the output of "dmesg".
(I refer to the line starting with hda_codec).

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.1.1
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:04.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:08:02 +0200, JeeBee wrote:
> Thanks Nigel, that is the one I'm currently experimenting with.
>
> I have these installed:
> # rpm -qa | grep alsa
> alsa-lib-devel-1.0.11-4.rc2
> alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.2.rc1.fc5
> alsa-tools-1.0.10-2.fc5
> alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2
> alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2
>
> Then I also downloaded/compiled and installed the newest
> alsa sources 1.0.12.rc1 from alsa-project.org.
>
> The modules seem to be loaded:
> # lsmod | grep snd
> snd_hda_intel          19220  0
> snd_hda_codec         142592  1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
> snd_seq_oss            34688  0
> snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                54224  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_seq_device          9612  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> snd_pcm_oss            43168  0
> snd_mixer_oss          18560  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                79364  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              24836  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd                    56548  10 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore              10017  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>
> aplay does not give an error, but I do not hear anything:
> # aplay `locate KDE_Startup_new`
> Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo
>
> What more can I try?
>
> # /etc/init.d/alsasound status
> ALSA sound driver loaded.
>
> This command hangs for ever:
> # /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
> Shutting down sound driver:
>
> After some debugging, I think it's because this one also hangs for ever:
> # aconnect --removeall
>
> Thanks for any suggestion,
> JeeBee.

[JeeBee]

I have disabled artsd now in KDE by starting kcontrol -> Sound &
Multimedia -> Sound System -> Unchecked "Enable the sound system". After a
reboot I verified that artsd was not running anymore.

Still, I do not hear any sound though, when running aplay or play.

# /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: /etc/init.d/alsasound: line 163:  2896 Segmentation fault      /sbin/rmmod `echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
ERROR: Module snd_seq_midi_event is in use by snd_seq_oss
ERROR: Module snd_seq is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
ERROR: Module snd_seq_device is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_seq
ERROR: Module snd is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
done

When I try again it hangs (also aconnect --removeall hangs then).

Perhaps this is because the alsa sources 1.0.12.rc1 I installed myself
have overwritten the .rpm files that I had installed before. There might
be version conflicts, I have no clue how to check that.

# rpm -qf /etc/init.d/alsasound
file /etc/init.d/alsasound is not owned by any package

The mixer properties that I have are (none of them are muted in
alsamixer): # amixer
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 31 Front
  Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 31 Front
  Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'

Thanks for helping me,
JeeBee.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:45:27 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> Here I would have suggested, if your using KDE, to make sure that the aRts
> sound server is not running, as the card is not capable of hardware mixing,
> and aRts would interfere with other apps, as it grabs the sound card.
> But I would have expected some sort of error from Aplay in that case.
>
> It's probably worth checking alsamixer on the CLI. I don't know what
> sliders and switches are there for that card.  The "external amplifier"
> switch sometimes causes problems, and is worth unmuting that. Hit M to
> toggle the switches, and make sure that sliders like "master" , "PCM" ,
> and "front" are up.

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 25 July 2006 17:41, JeeBee wrote:
> I have disabled artsd now in KDE by starting kcontrol -> Sound &
> Multimedia -> Sound System -> Unchecked "Enable the sound system". After a
> reboot I verified that artsd was not running anymore.
>
> Still, I do not hear any sound though, when running aplay or play.
>
> # /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
> Shutting down sound driver: /etc/init.d/alsasound: line 163:  2896
> Segmentation fault      /sbin/rmmod `echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1` ERROR:
> Module snd_seq_midi_event is in use by snd_seq_oss
> ERROR: Module snd_seq is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> ERROR: Module snd_seq_device is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
> ERROR: Module snd_timer is in use by snd_seq
> ERROR: Module snd is in use by snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_timer
> done

Have you got anything plugged into the gameport on the card, that's likely to 
be using midi? Any OSS app will be using /dev/dsp, and will grab the 
soundcard, preventing anything else using it.
> When I try again it hangs (also aconnect --removeall hangs then).
>
> Perhaps this is because the alsa sources 1.0.12.rc1 I installed myself
> have overwritten the .rpm files that I had installed before. There might
> be version conflicts, I have no clue how to check that.

Nor have I. That's something to ask about on the alsa-user list.
> # rpm -qf /etc/init.d/alsasound
> file /etc/init.d/alsasound is not owned by any package

rpm -q will only find rpms. Alsasound is a shellscript, and hence rpm doesn't 
know that it exists.

I'm running out of ideas.

Nigel.

btw. Just a kindly word. Try and post your answers at the bottom of the 
previous post, perhaps also removing unessessary content, as I've done with 
your Amixer output, and which still available on the previous post.  Top 
posting makes it difficult to follow a thread.

[JeeBee]

> Have you got anything plugged into the gameport on the card, that's likely to 
> be using midi? Any OSS app will be using /dev/dsp, and will grab the 
> soundcard, preventing anything else using it.

I did not plug anything in there, but I don't know whether something could
be plugged in under the covers of my notebook.
> rpm -q will only find rpms. Alsasound is a shellscript, and hence rpm

doesn't
> know that it exists.

The -f here means "query package that owns this file". What I meant was,
this is proof the /etc/init.d/alsasound script that I'm running belongs to
the 1.0.12.rc1 version I compiled from source, and not from the alsa rpms
I had installed.
> I'm running out of ideas.

Ok, thanks for helping me.

[JeeBee]

A little bit of progress...

I found some lines in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist
which should not be there.
I commented those lines here:

#alias char-major-116-* snd
#alias sound-service-*-0 snd-mixer-oss
#alias sound-service-*-1 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-*-3 snd-pcm-oss
#alias sound-service-*-8 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-*-12 snd-pcm-oss
#
#install sound-slot-* /sbin/modprobe snd-card-${MODPROBE_MODULE##sound[_-]slot[_-]}
#
#install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-device && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss
#
alias nfs4 nfs
alias rpc_pipefs sunrpc
alias rpc_svc_gss_pipefs sunrpc

install eth1394 /bin/true

#install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 &&
/sbin/modprobe snd-emu10k1-synth

After that, I am able to /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
successfully !

When trying to start it again, it says this:

# /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver: done
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1236: No soundcards found...

[JeeBee]

I've set-up a wiki page on this problem.
Hopefully, I will ever post the solution there too :'(
http://dutiih.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~jonne/wiki/home/index.php?n=Main.AcerAspire...

[jery_wang]

Hello,

Sometimes I have noticed that just using /etc/init.d/alsasound start/stop gives the "in use" errors, but you might try

$ /sbin/service alsasound stop

then

$ /sbin/service alsasound start

then go into

$ alsamixer

and see if there are more sliders (specifically MASTER/PCM)

then if you crank the vol way up you should get the test sound in

$ system-config-soundcard

[JeeBee]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing your tip.
/sbin/service alsasound stop/start gives the same results on my notebook.
I still do not have a master volume (or any other change in sliders in
alsamixer).

JeeBee.
> Sometimes I have noticed that just using /etc/init.d/alsasound
> start/stop gives the "in use" errors, but you might try
>
> $ /sbin/service alsasound stop
> $ /sbin/service alsasound start

[jery_wang]

Ok, I just checked your wiki page. Your results from

$ dmidecode |grep Sound -B2 -A2

indicate that your card is disabled. Have you checked your bios settings?

[Mikkel]

pithball wrote:
> Ok, I just checked your wiki page. Your results from
>
> $ dmidecode |grep Sound -B2 -A2
>
> indicate that your card is disabled. Have you checked your bios settings?

I am not sure that means much. On my Toshiba, it says my sound card is 
disabled, and it is working. I thought it was kind of funny to see that 
my sound card was disabled while listening to an mp3 file...

Mikkel

[JeeBee]

> pithball wrote:
> > Ok, I just checked your wiki page. Your results from
> >
> > $ dmidecode |grep Sound -B2 -A2
> >
> > indicate that your card is disabled. Have you checked your bios settings?

Hi pithball,

Thanks for reading it.
I don't see any settings about my soundcard in my BIOS though, so I have
no clue on how to enable it.
Further, sound does work when I boot winxp...

JeeBee.

[jery_wang]

Hello Jeebee,

I don't see any settings about my soundcard in my BIOS though, so I have
no clue on how to enable it.
Further, sound does work when I boot winxp...

Good.

Ok. Try this.

Change your /etc/modprobe.conf back to its original form then try this routine again and copy and paste all terminal output here.

$ /sbin/service alsasound stop

$ lsmod | grep snd

$ /sbin/service alsasound start

$ lsmod | grep snd

Look in

$ alsamixer

just in case (you need that 'Master' slider).

Also post your /root/scsound.log file after you do

$ system-config-soundcard

[JeeBee]

Dear Pithball,

Thanks for trying to help me. I will now perform the steps
you mentioned.
> Ok. Try this.
> Change your /etc/modprobe.conf back to its original form

< then try this routine again and copy and paste all terminal output here.

For some reason, I have /etc/modprobe.d/sound, so I moved that
to /tmp. I guess that's okay.

[root@localhost etc]# grep -ri snd mod* | grep -v "#"
modprobe.conf.old:alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
modprobe.conf.old:alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236
modprobe.conf.old:options snd-cs4236 port=0x530 cport=0x538 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2=0 irq=5
modprobe.d/sound:alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
modprobe.d/sound:alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
[root@localhost etc]# mv modprobe.d/sound /tmp
> $ /sbin/service alsasound stop

[root@localhost etc]# /sbin/service alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done
> $ lsmod | grep snd

[root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_page_alloc         11272  0

Is correct. My /etc/init.d/alsasound explicitly omits to
rmmod snd_page_alloc.
> $ /sbin/service alsasound start

[root@localhost etc]# /sbin/service alsasound start

Gives no output at all.
> $ lsmod | grep snd

[root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_page_alloc         11272  0

Hmmm, nothing because I removed the modprobe conf?
> Look in
> $ alsamixer

[root@localhost etc]# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device

Cannot run alsamixer now.
> Also post your /root/scsound.log file after you do
> $ system-config-soundcard

[root@localhost ~]# cat scsound.log
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Mon Jul 31 14:28:47 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

------- lsmod --------
Module                  Size  Used by
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5313  0
i915                   18369  1
drm                    70229  2 i915
autofs4                21701  1
michael_mic             2753  1
arc4                    2241  1
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    10689  1
aes                    28417  1
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     7617  1
sunrpc                157309  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3265  0
ipt_REJECT              5569  1
xt_state                2497  2
ip_conntrack           52597  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink               7257  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp               3393  4
iptable_filter          3265  1
ip_tables              12809  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               14917  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              22929  0
dm_mod                 59737  1 dm_mirror
video                  16709  0
button                  6993  0
battery                10053  0
ac                      5189  0
ipv6                  243169  14
lp                     12937  0
parport_pc             27237  0
parport                37129  2 lp,parport_pc
uhci_hcd               23885  0
joydev                  9985  0
ehci_hcd               32461  0
8139cp                 22977  0
ipw2200               103581  0
8139too                27073  0
mii                     5697  2 8139cp,8139too
ieee80211              31625  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6849  4 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
i2c_i801                8781  0
i2c_core               22209  1 i2c_i801
snd_page_alloc         11272  0
hw_random               6361  0
ext3                  129097  2
jbd                    57813  1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
# network
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
#

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 2
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 2
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
aplay: device_list:222: no soundcards found...

------- amixer --------

------- /proc/asound/version --------

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------

------- system-config-soundcard --------

Wrong card index 0...
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
  self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
  self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
  gtk.main()
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1357:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
aplay: main:548: audio open error: No such device
Read config:
card 0
device 2
HW 0
----------- Kudzu -------------
Desc:           Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Driver:         snd-hda-intel
Device:         None

----------- **** -------------

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

Your /etc/modprobe.conf doesn't look right. Try this:

alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

I am not sure what changes were made when installing the alsa development releases but the only thing you really need from those is your alsasound file from the Driver package which you have already copied to /etc/init.d (permissions 755).
> [root@localhost etc]# /sbin/service alsasound stop
> Shutting down sound driver: done
>
> [root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
> snd_page_alloc         11272  0
>
> Is correct. My /etc/init.d/alsasound explicitly omits to
> rmmod snd_page_alloc.

That is normal.
> [root@localhost etc]# /sbin/service alsasound start
>
> Gives no output at all.

Good.
> [root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
> snd_page_alloc         11272  0
>
> Hmmm, nothing because I removed the modprobe conf?

There should have been a long list there but there isn't because /etc/modprobe.conf is missing the line

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel

so your soundcard wasn't properly initialized. This also caused alsamixer to fail.

Go through the routine again with the new modprobe.conf and post your results. You might also need

/bin/alsaunmute 0

at some point. Let's keep /etc/modprobe.d/sound in /tmp for now.

[JeeBee]

Hi Pithball,
> Your /etc/modprobe.conf doesn't look right. Try this:

Ok, I tried your lines, this time in /etc/modprobe.conf
and /etc/modprobe.d/sound is non-existing.
> I am not sure what changes were made when installing the alsa development
> releases but the only thing you really need from those is your alsasound
> file from the Driver package which you have already copied to /etc/init.d
> (permissions 755).

Yes, /etc/init.d/alsasound is there, with exactly those permissions.

Now, I reboot my machine.
After reboot, alsamixer still shows PCM/Front/Line/Mic/IEC958/Input
So/Input So. Thus, no master volume, no external amplifier.
Nothing muted, all volumes to 100.

aplay -D plughw:0,0 or 0,2 /usr/share/sounds/info.wav seems to play, but I
do not hear anything. Same without -D.
(It just says Playing WAVE... no errors)

Back to your routine:

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/service alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_page_alloc         11272  0

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/service alsasound start
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_hda_intel     19732    0
snd_hda_codec    163840    1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm         86276    2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer     25604    1 snd_pcm
snd_snd         63884    4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore     10017    1 snd
snd_page_alloc     11272    2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

Testing with aplay again.
Nothing, also not with headphones in my headphone or line-out plug.
> /bin/alsaunmute 0

Ok. What I can see is this sets PCM volume to 75, Front to 74. It mutes
Mic.
Testing with aplay... everything still the same.

Let's try system-config-soundcard again, to generate a new
/root/scsound.log file. Here it is:

[root@localhost ~]# cat scsound.log
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Mon Jul 31 19:26:39 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

------- lsmod --------
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_hda_intel          19732  0
snd_hda_codec         163840  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm                86276  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              25604  1 snd_pcm
snd                    63884  4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10017  1 snd
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5313  0
i915                   18369  1
drm                    70229  2 i915
autofs4                21701  1
michael_mic             2753  1
arc4                    2241  1
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    10689  1
aes                    28417  1
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     7617  1
sunrpc                157309  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3265  0
ipt_REJECT              5569  1
xt_state                2497  2
ip_conntrack           52597  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink               7257  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp               3393  4
iptable_filter          3265  1
ip_tables              12809  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               14917  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              22929  0
dm_mod                 59737  1 dm_mirror
video                  16709  0
button                  6993  0
battery                10053  0
ac                      5189  0
ipv6                  243169  14
lp                     12937  0
parport_pc             27237  0
parport                37129  2 lp,parport_pc
8139cp                 22977  0
uhci_hcd               23885  0
ipw2200               103581  0
ehci_hcd               32461  0
8139too                27073  0
ieee80211              31625  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6849  4 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
mii                     5697  2 8139cp,8139too
joydev                  9985  0
i2c_i801                8781  0
i2c_core               22209  1 i2c_i801
hw_random               6361  0
snd_page_alloc         11272  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ext3                  129097  2
jbd                    57813  1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
# network
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
# soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 2
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 2
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

------- amixer --------
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 191 [75%]
  Front Right: Playback 191 [75%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1.
Compiled on Jul 31 2006 for kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
 0 snd_hda_intel

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-02: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1
00-01: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2

------- system-config-soundcard --------

/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
  self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
  self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
  gtk.main()
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Read config:
card 0
device 2
HW 0
----------- Kudzu -------------
Desc:           Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Driver:         snd-hda-intel
Device:         None

----------- **** -------------

I did not hear the test sound :(

Thanks again,
JeeBee.

[jery_wang]

Hi JeeBee,

It's getting better...
> [root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd
> snd_hda_intel     19732    0
> snd_hda_codec    163840    1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm         86276    2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer     25604    1 snd_pcm
> snd_snd         63884    4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore     10017    1 snd
> snd_page_alloc     11272    2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

This is still lacking a few modules. You can load them manually but ideally these are included in

/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist

and I'm wondering what yours reads. It should load modules snd-pcm-oss, snd-seq-oss (using /sbin/modprobe), among others and include aliases for these (alias sound-service-*).

Try the routine again using this /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist:

# default modutils aliases
alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout
alias block-major-1-* rd
alias block-major-3-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-8-* sd_mod
alias block-major-9-* md
alias block-major-11-* sr_mod
alias block-major-13-* xd
alias block-major-15-* cdu31a
alias block-major-16-* gscd
alias block-major-17-* optcd
alias block-major-18-* sjcd
alias block-major-20-* mcdx
alias block-major-22-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-23-* mcd
alias block-major-24-* sonycd535
alias block-major-25-* sbpcd
alias block-major-26-* sbpcd
alias block-major-27-* sbpcd
alias block-major-29-* aztcd
alias block-major-32-* cm206
alias block-major-33-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-34-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-37-* ide-tape
alias block-major-44-* ftl
alias block-major-46-* pcd
alias block-major-47-* pf
alias block-major-56-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-57-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-88-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-89-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-90-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-91-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-93-* nftl
alias block-major-113-* viocd
alias char-major-4-* serial
alias char-major-5-* serial
alias char-major-9-* st
alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse
alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse
alias char-major-10-135 rtc
alias char-major-10-139 openprom
alias char-major-10-157 applicom
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
alias char-major-10-250 hci_vhci
alias char-major-13-* input
alias char-major-13-0 joydev
alias char-major-13-32 mousedev
alias char-major-19-* cyclades
alias char-major-20-* cyclades
alias char-major-22-* pcxx
alias char-major-23-* pcxx
alias char-major-27-* zftape
alias char-major-34-* scc
alias char-major-35-* tclmidi
alias char-major-36-* netlink
alias char-major-48-* riscom8
alias char-major-49-* riscom8
alias char-major-57-* esp
alias char-major-58-* esp
alias char-major-63-* kdebug
alias char-major-90-* mtdchar
alias char-major-96-* pt
alias char-major-97-* pg
alias char-major-107-* 3dfx
alias char-major-109-* lvm-mod
alias char-major-188-* usbserial
alias char-major-200-* vxspec
alias char-major-206-* osst
alias char-major-216-* rfcomm
alias dos msdos
alias dummy0 dummy
alias dummy1 dummy
alias iso9660 isofs
alias net-pf-1 unix
alias net-pf-2 ipv4
alias net-pf-17 af_packet
alias netalias-2 ip_alias
alias irlan0 irlan
alias irda-dongle-0 tekram
alias irda-dongle-1 esi
alias irda-dongle-2 actisys
alias irda-dongle-3 actisys
alias irda-dongle-4 girbil
alias irda-dongle-5 litelink
alias irda-dongle-6 airport
alias irda-dongle-7 old_belkin
alias plip0 plip
alias plip1 plip
alias tunl0 ipip
alias cipcb0 cipcb
alias cipcb1 cipcb
alias cipcb2 cipcb
alias cipcb3 cipcb
alias slip0 slip
alias slip1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty-sir
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias tty-ldisc-15 hci_uart
alias ppp-compress-18 ppp_mppe
install ppp-compress-21 /bin/true
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias usbdevfs usbcore
alias xfrm-type-2-50 esp4
alias xfrm-type-2-51 ah4
alias xfrm-type-2-108 ipcomp
alias xfrm-type-10-50 esp6
alias xfrm-type-10-51 ah6
alias xfrm-type-10-108 ipcomp6
alias cipher_null crypto_null
alias digest_null crypto_null
alias compress_null crypto_null
alias sha384 sha512
install binfmt-0000 /bin/true
install binfmt_misc /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install binfmt_misc && { /bin/mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install nfsd /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install nfsd && { /bin/mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install sunrpc /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sunrpc && { /bin/mount -t rpc_pipefs sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install char-major-10 /bin/true
install char-major-10-1 /bin/true
install dummy0 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy0 --ignore-install dummy
install dummy1 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy1 --ignore-install dummy
install net-pf-19 /bin/true
install net-pf-3 /bin/true
install net-pf-6 /bin/true
install ov518_decomp { /sbin/modprobe ov511; } ; /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ov518_decomp
install scsi_hostadapter /bin/true
install usbmouse /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install usbmouse && { /sbin/modprobe hid; /bin/true; }
remove binfmt_misc { /bin/umount /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove binfmt_misc
remove ov518_decomp /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove ov518_decomp && { /sbin/modprobe -r ov511; /bin/true; }
remove usbmouse { /sbin/modprobe -r hid; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove usbmouse
remove sunrpc { /bin/umount /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove sunrpc
remove nfsd { /bin/umount /proc/fs/nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove nfsd

alias usb-uhci uhci-hcd
alias usb-ohci ohci-hcd
alias uhci uhci-hcd

alias char-major-116-* snd
alias sound-service-*-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-*-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-*-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-12 snd-pcm-oss

install sound-slot-* /sbin/modprobe snd-card-${MODPROBE_MODULE##sound[_-]slot[_-]}

install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-device && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss

alias nfs4 nfs
alias rpc_pipefs sunrpc
alias rpc_svc_gss_pipefs sunrpc

install eth1394 /bin/true

install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && /sbin/modprobe snd-emu10k1-synth

[JeeBee]

> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist
> and I'm wondering what yours reads. It should load modules snd-pcm-oss,
> snd-seq-oss (using /sbin/modprobe), among others and include aliases for
> these (alias sound-service-*).

Oops, sorry, I commented several lines in that file about snd_ because I
thought they might be conflicting.
There are no other things I changed, with
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist back in my original state (I did not
use yours, but they are almost identical).

Here's the routine again:
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# service alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# lsmod |grep snd
snd_page_alloc         11272  0
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# service alsasound start
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_intel          19732  0
snd_hda_codec         163840  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4356  0
snd_seq_oss            35328  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                59760  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          9612  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50816  0
snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                86276  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25604  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    63884  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10017  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         11272  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# alsaunmute 0
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# alsamixer

[root@localhost modprobe.d]# aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo
[root@localhost modprobe.d]#

I did not hear anything. Alsamixer gives the same controls as ever.

Here's my /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.dist.conf:

[root@localhost modprobe.d]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist
# default modutils aliases
alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout
alias block-major-1-* rd
alias block-major-3-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-8-* sd_mod
alias block-major-9-* md
alias block-major-11-* sr_mod
alias block-major-13-* xd
alias block-major-15-* cdu31a
alias block-major-16-* gscd
alias block-major-17-* optcd
alias block-major-18-* sjcd
alias block-major-20-* mcdx
alias block-major-22-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-23-* mcd
alias block-major-24-* sonycd535
alias block-major-25-* sbpcd
alias block-major-26-* sbpcd
alias block-major-27-* sbpcd
alias block-major-29-* aztcd
alias block-major-32-* cm206
alias block-major-33-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-34-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-37-* ide-tape
alias block-major-44-* ftl
alias block-major-46-* pcd
alias block-major-47-* pf
alias block-major-56-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-57-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-88-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-89-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-90-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-91-* ide-probe-mod
alias block-major-93-* nftl
alias block-major-113-* viocd
alias char-major-4-* serial
alias char-major-5-* serial
alias char-major-9-* st
alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse
alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse
alias char-major-10-135 rtc
alias char-major-10-139 openprom
alias char-major-10-157 applicom
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
alias char-major-10-250 hci_vhci
alias char-major-13-* input
alias char-major-13-0 joydev
alias char-major-13-32 mousedev
alias char-major-19-* cyclades
alias char-major-20-* cyclades
alias char-major-22-* pcxx
alias char-major-23-* pcxx
alias char-major-27-* zftape
alias char-major-34-* scc
alias char-major-35-* tclmidi
alias char-major-36-* netlink
alias char-major-48-* riscom8
alias char-major-49-* riscom8
alias char-major-57-* esp
alias char-major-58-* esp
alias char-major-63-* kdebug
alias char-major-90-* mtdchar
alias char-major-96-* pt
alias char-major-97-* pg
alias char-major-107-* 3dfx
alias char-major-109-* lvm-mod
alias char-major-188-* usbserial
alias char-major-200-* vxspec
alias char-major-206-* osst
alias char-major-216-* rfcomm
alias dos msdos
alias dummy0 dummy
alias dummy1 dummy
alias iso9660 isofs
alias net-pf-1 unix
alias net-pf-2 ipv4
alias net-pf-17 af_packet
alias netalias-2 ip_alias
alias irlan0 irlan
alias irda-dongle-0 tekram
alias irda-dongle-1 esi
alias irda-dongle-2 actisys
alias irda-dongle-3 actisys
alias irda-dongle-4 girbil
alias irda-dongle-5 litelink
alias irda-dongle-6 airport
alias irda-dongle-7 old_belkin
alias plip0 plip
alias plip1 plip
alias tunl0 ipip
alias cipcb0 cipcb
alias cipcb1 cipcb
alias cipcb2 cipcb
alias cipcb3 cipcb
alias slip0 slip
alias slip1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty-sir
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias tty-ldisc-15 hci_uart
alias ppp-compress-18 ppp_mppe
install ppp-compress-21 /bin/true
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
alias usbdevfs usbcore
alias xfrm-type-2-50 esp4
alias xfrm-type-2-51 ah4
alias xfrm-type-2-108 ipcomp
alias xfrm-type-10-50 esp6
alias xfrm-type-10-51 ah6
alias xfrm-type-10-108 ipcomp6
alias cipher_null crypto_null
alias digest_null crypto_null
alias compress_null crypto_null
alias sha384 sha512
install binfmt-0000 /bin/true
install binfmt_misc /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install binfmt_misc && { /bin/mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install nfsd /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install nfsd && { /bin/mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install sunrpc /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sunrpc && { /bin/mount -t rpc_pipefs sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }
install char-major-10 /bin/true
install char-major-10-1 /bin/true
install dummy0 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy0 --ignore-install dummy
install dummy1 /sbin/modprobe -o dummy1 --ignore-install dummy
install net-pf-19 /bin/true
install net-pf-3 /bin/true
install net-pf-6 /bin/true
install ov518_decomp { /sbin/modprobe ov511; } ; /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install ov518_decomp
install scsi_hostadapter /bin/true
install usbmouse /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install usbmouse && { /sbin/modprobe hid; /bin/true; }
remove binfmt_misc { /bin/umount /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove binfmt_misc
remove ov518_decomp /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove ov518_decomp && { /sbin/modprobe -r ov511; /bin/true; }
remove usbmouse { /sbin/modprobe -r hid; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove usbmouse
remove sunrpc { /bin/umount /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove sunrpc
remove nfsd { /bin/umount /proc/fs/nfsd > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; } ; /sbin/modprobe -r --first-time --ignore-remove nfsd

alias usb-uhci uhci-hcd
alias usb-ohci ohci-hcd
alias uhci uhci-hcd

alias char-major-116-* snd
alias sound-service-*-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-*-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-*-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-*-12 snd-pcm-oss

install sound-slot-* /sbin/modprobe snd-card-${MODPROBE_MODULE##sound[_-]slot[_-]}

install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-device && /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-oss

alias nfs4 nfs
alias rpc_pipefs sunrpc
alias rpc_svc_gss_pipefs sunrpc

install eth1394 /bin/true

install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 &&
/sbin/modprobe snd-emu10k1-synth

[JeeBee]

I tried running speaker-test, but do not hear anything.

And I also tried system-config-soundcard again.
I can select two PCM devices there:
- ALC883 Analog
- ALC883 Digital
There are two checks (disable software mixing(dmix,dsnoop) and Dynamic
keys for software mixer (more secure)).

When I try the test sound, I do not hear anything.
For ALC883 Analog, I get this log file now:

root@localhost ~]# cat scsound.log
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Mon Jul 31 23:18:54 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

------- lsmod --------
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_hda_intel          19732  0
snd_hda_codec         163840  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4356  0
snd_seq_oss            35328  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7936  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                59760  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          9612  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            50816  0
snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                86276  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              25604  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    63884  11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10017  1 snd
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5313  0
i915                   18369  1
drm                    70229  2 i915
michael_mic             2753  1
arc4                    2241  1
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    10689  1
aes                    28417  1
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     7617  1
autofs4                21701  1
sunrpc                157309  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3265  0
ipt_REJECT              5569  1
xt_state                2497  2
ip_conntrack           52597  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink               7257  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp               3393  4
iptable_filter          3265  1
ip_tables              12809  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               14917  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              22929  0
dm_mod                 59737  1 dm_mirror
video                  16709  0
button                  6993  0
battery                10053  0
ac                      5189  0
ipv6                  243169  14
lp                     12937  0
parport_pc             27237  0
parport                37129  2 lp,parport_pc
8139cp                 22977  0
joydev                  9985  0
ehci_hcd               32461  0
8139too                27073  0
ipw2200               103581  0
mii                     5697  2 8139cp,8139too
uhci_hcd               23885  0
ieee80211              31625  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6849  4 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
hw_random               6361  0
i2c_i801                8781  0
i2c_core               22209  1 i2c_i801
snd_page_alloc         11272  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ext3                  129097  2
jbd                    57813  1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
# network
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
# soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

------- amixer --------
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 191 [75%]
  Front Right: Playback 191 [75%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Mic'

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1.
Compiled on Jul 31 2006 for kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
 0 snd_hda_intel

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-02: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1
00-01: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2

------- system-config-soundcard --------

/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
  self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
  self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
  gtk.main()
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' :
Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo

[magicus]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> I am not sure that means much. On my Toshiba, it says my sound card is 
> disabled, and it is working. I thought it was kind of funny to see that 
> my sound card was disabled while listening to an mp3 file...

I have noticed similar behavior here.

In addition, my main sound card is NOT seen lately.  I can play music on 
my myspace site and CDs and such  yet if I attempt to play an MP3 via 
XMMS it complains that the sound card is not set up properly.  I can 
play the same MP3 using Mplayer and it plays it just fine.  It is 
getting to the point where this is getting excessively annoying... (ex 
fidonet sysops will understand, heh)

Later I am going to boot the machine w/ a live Ubuntu disk and see if I 
can use the Soundblaster Audigy (1) card that used to work under FC5. 
If I can use it that will tell me that it is a FC5 problem and not the 
hardware

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

It looks like everything is now configured properly but you might need to update your kernel. The reason I suggest this is because you have the ALC883 chipset and a somewhat recent [url=http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/29/58%5Dletter%5B/url] to the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) suggests that a patch was developed to add/fix ALSA support for this chipset on June 29. A more recent version of the kernel should include these changes.

Type

$ rpm -qa kernel

to see what versions you have.

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

I found the changelog indicating that the ASLA support for the ALC883 chipset was fixed in the 2.6.18-rc1 version of the linux kernel. So you won't have this kernel version unless you have rebuilt your linux kernel at some point.

[url=http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html%5DThis%5B/url] is the clearest website I know of that explains rebuilding of the linux kernel.

When you get to the step for getting the source files, the file you need is located at

/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/linux-2.6.18-rc3.tar.bz2

in the http://kernel.org/mirrors mirror of your choice.

[JeeBee]

Hi Pithball,

Thanks for the info.

I am using kernel 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 from fedora's repository.
According to http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/1337 that would be
not much older than 2006-07-14.

The email you referred to was send on June 29th.
Could be it's not yet included in my kernel ... ?!
Would be so great if a new kernel fixes my sound problem!

Thanks,
JeeBee.

Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-806
2006-07-14
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Update Information:

Rebase to latest upstream 2.6.17.4 -stable release, which
fixes a security issue which could result in local
priveledge escalation.

More details at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4

In addition, an optimisation was performed to use
significantly less memory for several heavily used kernel
data structures.

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

Yep.. your kernel needs to be updated. See the how-to:

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html

if you haven't done this before.

The first link I referred you to about the patch was just a submission of corrrections to be compiled into the kernel. These corrections weren't actually implemented in a public release candidate until 2.6.18-rc1. See http://lwn.net/Articles/190305/ and search for alc883 in the text.

[JeeBee]

Hi Pithball,

Some progress again today ...
I downloaded kernel source 2.6.18-rc3 this morning.
It compiled and installed quite easily. I did not make
much changes to 'make xconfig'. Only changed the processor
type to 'Pentium M'.

I booted the kernel, didn't spot any errors in fact.
But ... still no sound :(
The modules do get loaded ...

# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-rc3 #1 Thu Aug 3 14:18:15 CEST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep snd
snd_hda_intel          18964  0
snd_hda_codec         150272  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
snd_seq_oss            33024  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51696  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8844  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42752  0
snd_mixer_oss          17024  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                76676  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23428  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    53124  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10464  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

Then I thought I also had to compile alsa sources again.
I had to make a change to Makefile.conf, because I have modversions.h in
.../include/config/modversion.h and not in .../include/linux/modversion.h
as the Makefile was expecting.
CFLAGS += -DMODVERSIONS -include
$(CONFIG_SND_KERNELDIR)/include/config/modversions.h

That KBUILD_BASENAME seems not to be defined. Although it occurs in some
Makefiles..
Does it make sense I'm trying to compile alsa again? Or should it just
work now?

JeeBee.

[root@localhost alsa-driver]# ./configure --with-sequencer=yes --with-isapnp=no --with-cards=hda-intel --with-kernel=/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for current directory... /root/alsa-source/alsa-driver
checking cross compile...
checking for directory with kernel source... /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
checking for directory with kernel build...
checking for kernel linux/version.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/autoconf.h... yes
checking for kernel version... 0.0.0
checking for GCC version... Kernel compiler: gcc 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1) Used compiler: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
checking for built-in ALSA... no
checking for existing ALSA module... yes
checking for Red Hat kernel... auto
checking for Red Hat kernel... no
checking for SUSE kernel... auto
checking for SUSE kernel... no
checking for CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL... yes
checking to modify of kernel linux/kmod.h... no
checking for kernel linux/compiler.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/pm.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/spinlock.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/irq.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/threads.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/rwsem.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/gameport.h... yes
checking for kernel media/v4l2-dev.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h... no
Creating a dummy <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>...
checking for kernel linux/highmem.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/workqueue.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/dma-mapping.h... yes
checking for kernel asm/hw_irq.h... yes
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checking for kernel linux/jiffies.h... yes
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checking for kernel linux/adb.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/cuda.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/pmu.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/moduleparam.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/syscalls.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/firmware.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/err.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/bitmap.h... yes
checking for kernel linux/mutex.h... yes
checking for exported symbol dump_stack... grep: /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/kernel/ksyms.c: No such file or directory
no
checking for kernel module symbol versions... yes
checking for PCI support in kernel... yes
checking for I2C driver in kernel... module
checking for firmware loader... yes
checking for directory to store kernel modules... /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc
checking for verbose procfs... on
checking for verbose printk... on
checking for debug level... none
checking for processor type... i686
checking for i386 machine type... default
checking for SMP... no
checking for ISA PnP driver in kernel... yes
checking for PnP driver in kernel... yes
checking for Kernel ISA-PnP support... yes
checking for strlcpy... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for scnprintf... yes
checking for sscanf... yes
checking for vmalloc_to_page... yes
checking for old kmod... no
checking for PDE... yes
checking for pci_set_consistent_dma_mask... yes
checking for pci_dev_present... yes
checking for msleep... yes
checking for msleep_interrupt... yes
checking for msecs_to_jiffies... yes
checking for tty->count is the atomic type... no
checking for io_remap_pfn_range... yes
checking for kcalloc... yes
checking for kstrdup... yes
checking for kzalloc... yes
checking for create_workqueue with flags... no
checking for saved_config_space in pci_dev... yes
checking for new pci_save_state... yes
checking for register_sound_special_device... yes
checking for old kill_fasync... no
checking for dma_addr_t... yes
checking for MUTEX macros... no
checking for driver version... 1.0.12rc1
checking for sequencer support... yes
checking for OSS/Free emulation... yes
checking for OSS PCM plugin system inclusion... yes
checking for RTC callback support in kernel... may be buggy, skipped
checking for HPET support... yes
checking for dynamic minor numbers... no
checking for support of old API... yes
checking for Procfs support... yes
checking for USB support... yes
checking for PnP suspend/resume... yes
checking for PC-Speaker hook... no
checking for kernel PCMCIA
checking for PCMCIA support... yes
checking for PC9800 support in kernel... no
checking for parallel port support... yes
checking for which soundcards to compile driver for... hda-intel
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating version
config.status: creating Makefile.conf
config.status: creating snddevices
config.status: creating utils/alsa-driver.spec
config.status: creating utils/buildrpm
config.status: creating toplevel.config
config.status: creating utils/alsasound
config.status: creating utils/alsasound.posix
config.status: creating include/pci_ids_compat.h
config.status: creating include/config.h
config.status: include/config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating include/config1.h
config.status: include/config1.h is unchanged
config.status: creating include/version.h
config.status: include/version.h is unchanged
config.status: creating include/autoconf-extra.h
config.status: include/autoconf-extra.h is unchanged
Hacking autoconf.h...
[root@localhost alsa-driver]#

[root@localhost alsa-driver]# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/alsa-source/alsa-driver/acore'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE=1 -I/root/alsa-source/alsa-driver/include  -I/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include -I/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm-i386/mach-default -O2 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -DLINUX -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -DALSA_BUILD -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/config/modversions.h   -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c memalloc.c
In file included from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/rwsem.h:24,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/kobject.h:24,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/device.h:15,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/pci.h:53,
                 from memalloc.inc:10,
                 from memalloc.c:1:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__down_read’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:104: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__down_write_nested’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:156: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__up_read’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:198: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:192: warning: unused variable ‘tmp’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__up_write’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:224: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function ‘__downgrade_write’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:249: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
In file included from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/sched.h:57,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/module.h:9,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/device.h:19,
                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/pci.h:53,
                 from memalloc.inc:10,
                 from memalloc.c:1:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function ‘down’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:105: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function ‘down_interruptible’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:130: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function ‘down_trylock’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:155: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function ‘up’:
/usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:179: error: expected ‘:’ or ‘)’ before ‘KBUILD_BASENAME’
make[1]: *** [memalloc.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-source/alsa-driver/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1

[David Desscan]

> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function
> '__down_read':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:104: error: expected
> ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function
> '__down_write_nested':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:156: error: expected
> ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function
> '__up_read':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:198: error: expected
> ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:192: warning: unused
> variable 'tmp'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function
> '__up_write':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:224: error: expected
> ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h: In function
> '__downgrade_write':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/rwsem.h:249: error: expected
> ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> In file included from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
> /include/linux/sched.h:57,
>                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
> /include/linux/module.h:9,
>                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
> /include/linux/device.h:19,
>                 from /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3
> /include/linux/pci.h:53,
>                 from memalloc.inc:10,
>                 from memalloc.c:1:
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function
> 'down':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:105: error:
> expected ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function
> 'down_interruptible':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:130: error:
> expected ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function
> 'down_trylock':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:155: error:
> expected ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h: In function
> 'up':
> /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/asm/semaphore.h:179: error:
> expected ':' or ')' before 'KBUILD_BASENAME'
> make[1]: *** [memalloc.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/alsa-source/alsa-driver/acore'
> make: *** [compile] Error 1

Have you considered having a look at the files above and see if ":" or ")"
is really missing.  You can backup the original files, make changes and see
what happens.

Gook luck
David

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

You may not need to do anything with alsa other than re-initialize it. It should automatically access the new modules. Let's see if things are set up properly..

Do a

$ ls /lib/modules/

You should see the new kernel listed there if you were successful with "make modules_install" during the rebuild process. If it is, do

ls /lib/modules/[your new kernel]/kernel/sound/core

and post the results.

Have you tried /sbin/service alsasound stop/start again? After that it would be good to see the /root/sysound.log file resultsing from system-config-soundcard.

[jery_wang]

> You may not need to do anything with alsa other than re-initialize it. It should automatically access the new modules.

Scratch that. You do need to reconfigure alsa because it configures with a specific kernel. You probably don't need the newest alsa release candidate though.

I would just

$ rpm -e --nodeps alsa-lib
$ rpm -e --nodeps alsa-utils

to remove alsa. Then, immediately after (don't reboot since you used --nodeps)

$ yum install alsa-lib
$ yum install alsa-utils

Then try the /sbin/service alsasound stop/start to remove and reinstall the modules.

[JeeBee]

> $ rpm -e --nodeps alsa-lib
> $ rpm -e --nodeps alsa-utils
> $ yum install alsa-lib
> $ yum install alsa-utils

I did this, no errors.

[root@localhost etc]# service alsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver: done
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done
[root@localhost etc]# rpm -qa |grep alsa
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.11-4.rc2
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

Tried playing and alsamixer. Still have no master volume.
Running system-config-soundcard now, here's the log:

[root@localhost etc]# cat /root/scsound.log
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Thu Aug  3 19:07:23 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

------- lsmod --------
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_hda_intel          18964  0
snd_hda_codec         150272  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
snd_seq_oss            33024  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51696  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8844  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42752  0
snd_mixer_oss          17024  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                76676  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23428  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    53124  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10464  1 snd
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5760  0
i915                   19456  1
drm                    68372  2 i915
ipv6                  243488  14
autofs4                21764  1
sunrpc                153916  1
michael_mic             3200  1
arc4                    2688  1
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    11264  1
aes                    28736  1
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     8064  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3584  0
ipt_REJECT              5888  1
xt_state                2816  2
ip_conntrack           52148  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink               7704  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp               3712  4
iptable_filter          3584  1
ip_tables              13256  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               14468  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              22352  0
dm_mod                 57624  1 dm_mirror
video                  17284  0
button                  7440  0
battery                10756  0
asus_acpi              17048  0
ac                      5764  0
lp                     13256  0
parport_pc             27300  0
parport                37064  2 lp,parport_pc
ehci_hcd               30984  0
uhci_hcd               23692  0
joydev                  9920  0
ipw2200                97836  0
ieee80211              31176  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6656  4 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
8139cp                 24320  0
8139too                27264  0
mii                     6016  2 8139cp,8139too
pcspkr                  3712  0
i2c_i801                8332  0
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core               21888  1 i2c_i801
ext3                  128776  1
jbd                    57364  1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
# network
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
# soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

------- amixer --------
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Line'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Line'

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC).

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
 0 snd_hda_intel

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-02: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1
00-01: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2

------- system-config-soundcard --------

/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
  self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
  self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
  gtk.main()
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Read config:
card 0
device 0
HW 0
----------- Kudzu -------------
Desc:           Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Driver:         snd-hda-intel
Device:         None

----------- **** -------------

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

Try to manually load the snd-rawmidi module:

$ /sbin/modprobe snd-rawmidi

See if it worked:

$ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd

Any changes to alsamixer?

[JeeBee]

Hi Pithball,
> Try to manually load the snd-rawmidi module:
> $ /sbin/modprobe snd-rawmidi
> $ /sbin/lsmod | grep snd
> Any changes to alsamixer?

[root@localhost etc]# ./init.d/alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done
[root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_page_alloc         10632  0
[root@localhost etc]# modprobe snd-rawmidi
[root@localhost etc]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_rawmidi            24960  0
snd_seq_device          8844  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    53124  2 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore              10464  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         10632  0
[root@localhost etc]# alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such device
[root@localhost etc]# cat /proc/asound/cards
--- no soundcards ---

Nothing got added to dmesg or /var/log/messages.

I tried several other modules too. Some let me open alsamixer but
give the same result (no master volume). I'll try some more, because
I thought I've seen one that gave more items in alsamixer.

JeeBee.

[jery_wang]

Hi JeeBee,

You need to have all the modules loaded together.

so

$ /sbin/service alsasound start
$ /sbin/modprobe snd-rawmidi
$ /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-midi

then look in alsamixer.

[JeeBee]

Ok, loaded them together now.
Bad news again I'm afraid :(

[root@localhost ~]# ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc3/kernel/sound/core/seq/
instr              snd-seq-dummy.ko  snd-seq-midi-emul.ko   snd-seq-virmidi.ko
oss                snd-seq-instr.ko  snd-seq-midi-event.ko
snd-seq-device.ko  snd-seq.ko        snd-seq-midi.ko

[root@localhost ~]# service alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep snd
snd_page_alloc         10632  0

[root@localhost ~]# service alsasound start
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe snd-rawmidi
[root@localhost ~]# alsamixer

... no changes to controls

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe snd-seq-midi
[root@localhost ~]# alsamixer

... no changes to controls

By the way, I discovered that alsaconf is creating
my /etc/modprobe.d/sound (instead of appending to /etc/modprobe.conf).

JeeBee.

[jery_wang]

Hello JeeBee,

When you compiled the new kernel a file named .config should have been stored in your source directory. Check if CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL is enabled in your kernel configuration. Type

$ cat .config | grep CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL

It may be that the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is important for your card. What does it read? It could probably be left alone unless it is causing problems. Where is your alsaconf located?

[JeeBee]

Hi Pithball,
> $ cat .config | grep CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL

Compiled as a module, I verified that when configuring the kernel.
CONFIG_SND_HDA_INTEL=m
> It may be that the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file is important for your card.
> What does it read? It could probably be left alone unless it is causing
> problems. Where is your alsaconf located?

That /etc/modprobe.d/sound contained only two lines.
(after running alsaconf:)
[root@localhost etc]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

My modprobe.conf manual page says it first checks for /etc/modprobe.conf
and if that not exists, it'll read all files in /etc/modprobe.d/
similar to yum's repositories that can nowadays be spread over several
files in /etc/yum.d/ I guess. I think the manual page is not 100% accurate,
because I assume it'll check /etc/modprobe.d anyways, whether or not
/etc/modprobe.conf exists. (it even tries to load my hda_intel module
twice when I have it both in /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/sound)

[root@localhost etc]# which alsaconf
/usr/sbin/alsaconf
[root@localhost etc]# ls -lsh /usr/sbin/alsaconf
40K -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35K Jul 25 20:37 /usr/sbin/alsaconf

( alsaconf was compiled by myself )

JeeBee.

[jery_wang]

> That /etc/modprobe.d/sound contained only two lines.
> (after running alsaconf:)
> [root@localhost etc]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
>
> My modprobe.conf manual page says it first checks for /etc/modprobe.conf
> and if that not exists, it'll read all files in /etc/modprobe.d/
> similar to yum's repositories that can nowadays be spread over several
> files in /etc/yum.d/ I guess. I think the manual page is not 100% accurate,
> because I assume it'll check /etc/modprobe.d anyways, whether or not
> /etc/modprobe.conf exists. (it even tries to load my hda_intel module
> twice when I have it both in /etc/modprobe.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/sound)

Given your /etc/modprobe.conf, you could probably keep the /etc/modprobe.d/sound file if you comment the first line.

What did /etc/modprobe.conf look like after you installed the new kernel?

Also, you have a different version of alsa-driver than alsa-lib, alsa-utils (alsa-tools might also be useful). This could be causing problems.. you might try to "make uninstall" your 1.0.12rc1 driver and reinstall the 1.0.11 version. If the 1.0.12rc1 driver uninstall gets rid of alsasound and alsaconf you should copy them back if you don't get them with the 1.0.11 driver install.

[JeeBee]

/etc/modprobe.conf only contained the lines about my wireless card,
nothing about sound.
I upgraded my system to Fedora Core 6 Test 2, hoping that could make a
change :)

Wanted to let you know that I rediscovered how to get a lot of controls in
alsamixer. It was using this configuration:

alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig-demo

It all didn't help much though, still no sound.
I also messed with snd-intel8x0, but I cannot get that module to load.

Look: :)

[root@localhost modprobe.d]# amixer
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
  Capabilities: pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback [on]
  Front Right: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
  Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Side',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 127 [410%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 127 [410%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 127
  Front Left: Capture 127 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 127 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: '6ch' '8ch'
  Item0: '8ch'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' 'CD'
  Item0: 'Mic'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'Line' 'CD'
  Item0: 'Mic'

[jery_wang]

Also do

$ ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc3/kernel/sound/core/seq

and try to manually load snd-seq-midi

$ /sbin/modprobe snd-seq-midi

[JeeBee]

> $ ls /lib/modules/

[root@localhost ~]# ls /lib/modules/
2.6.15-1.2054_FC5  2.6.17-1.2157_FC5  2.6.18-rc3
> ls /lib/modules/[your new kernel]/kernel/sound/core

[root@localhost ~]# ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc3/kernel/sound/core/
oss  snd-hwdep.ko  snd-page-alloc.ko  snd-rawmidi.ko   snd-timer.ko
seq  snd.ko        snd-pcm.ko         snd-rtctimer.ko

[root@localhost ~]# ls /lib/modules/2.6.18-rc3/kernel/sound/pci/hda/
snd-hda-codec.ko  snd-hda-intel.ko
> Have you tried /sbin/service alsasound stop/start again? 
> After that it would be good to see the /root/sysound.log file resultsing
> from system-config-soundcard.

Funny, I found an /etc/modprobe.d/sound again. I removed it, as I put
your lines in /etc/modprobe.conf. (I discovered this when alsasound start
said "starting sound driver" twice).

[root@localhost etc]# service alsasound stop
Shutting down sound driver: done
[root@localhost etc]# service alsasound start
Starting sound driver: snd-hda-intel done
/usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1236: No soundcards found...

I also tried passing model=asus and model=acer.

Thanks very much for your time.
JeeBee.

root@localhost ~]# cat scsound.log
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Thu Aug  3 18:55:41 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
06:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
06:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

------- lsmod --------
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_hda_intel          18964  0
snd_hda_codec         150272  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
snd_seq_oss            33024  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8192  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                51696  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          8844  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            42752  0
snd_mixer_oss          17024  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                76676  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              23428  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    53124  9 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore              10464  1 snd
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5760  0
i915                   19456  1
drm                    68372  2 i915
ipv6                  243488  14
autofs4                21764  1
sunrpc                153916  1
michael_mic             3200  1
arc4                    2688  1
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    11264  1
aes                    28736  1
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     8064  1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns     3584  0
ipt_REJECT              5888  1
xt_state                2816  2
ip_conntrack           52148  2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink               7704  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp               3712  4
iptable_filter          3584  1
ip_tables              13256  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               14468  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              22352  0
dm_mod                 57624  1 dm_mirror
video                  17284  0
button                  7440  0
battery                10756  0
asus_acpi              17048  0
ac                      5764  0
lp                     13256  0
parport_pc             27300  0
parport                37064  2 lp,parport_pc
ehci_hcd               30984  0
uhci_hcd               23692  0
joydev                  9920  0
ipw2200                97836  0
ieee80211              31176  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6656  4 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211
8139cp                 24320  0
8139too                27264  0
mii                     6016  2 8139cp,8139too
pcspkr                  3712  0
i2c_i801                8332  0
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_core               21888  1 i2c_i801
ext3                  128776  1
jbd                    57364  1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
# network
alias eth0 8139too
alias wlan0 ipw2200
# soundcard
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

------- amixer --------
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
  Capabilities: pvolume
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 255
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 253 [99%]
  Front Right: Playback 253 [99%]
Simple mixer control 'Front',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31
  Mono:
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
  Playback channels: Mono
  Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',1
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Capture 0 - 31
  Front Left: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
  Front Right: Capture 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Line'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source',1
  Capabilities: enum
  Items: 'Mic' 'Line'
  Item0: 'Line'

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.12rc1 (Thu Jun 22 13:55:50 2006 UTC).

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
 0 snd_hda_intel

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-02: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1
00-01: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2

------- system-config-soundcard --------

/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
  self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
  self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
  gtk.main()
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/sound-sample.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 44100 Hz, Stereo
Read config:
card 0
device 0
HW 0
----------- Kudzu -------------
Desc:           Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller
Driver:         snd-hda-intel
Device:         None

----------- **** -------------

[Nigel Henry]

On Thursday 03 August 2006 18:57, JeeBee wrote:
<humongeous snip>

Hi JeeBee. I,ve just posted your problem to the Alsa-user list, and the news 
is perhaps not good. The main problem is that many laptop's soundcards are 
basically crappy, and if you're going to use your laptop for serious audio 
work, it's probably best to get, either a USB soundcard, or a pcmcia one.

Anyway. This is what Lee Revell posted back to me.

My comment.
> The hda-intel driver is supported according to the sound card matrix, but

are
> there any odd problems with it? And why should the master volume control be 
> missing from Alsamixer.

Lee's reply.

There's really no telling.  It's misleading to say "snd-hda-intel is
supported" because every single laptop and motherboard with
snd-hda-intel is slightly different and there's absolutely no
documentation on what the differences are.  Possibly the hardware is
oncorrectly detected.  It's also possible that these devices simply have
no hardware master volume and Windows emulates it in software.

All these users can do for now is search for information about their
machine in the ALSA bug tracker and hope it gets fixed someday.  (They
can also try the various model options for their codec described in
Documentation/ALSA-Configuration.txt).

Lee

And a further post from Lee.

My posting of your amixer output.
> ------- amixer --------
> Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume
>   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 255
>   Mono:
>   Front Left: Playback 255 [100%]
>   Front Right: Playback 255 [100%]
> Simple mixer control 'Front',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
>   Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 31
>   Mono:
>   Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
>   Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]

Since you only seem to have 2 channels, doesn't "Front" work as a
master?

Lee.

Sorry that I couldn't bring you any good news.

Nigel.

[jery_wang]

> Lee's reply.
>
> There's really no telling.  It's misleading to say "snd-hda-intel is
> supported" because every single laptop and motherboard with
> snd-hda-intel is slightly different and there's absolutely no
> documentation on what the differences are.  Possibly the hardware is
> oncorrectly detected.  It's also possible that these devices simply have
> no hardware master volume and Windows emulates it in software.
> Since you only seem to have 2 channels, doesn't "Front" work as a
> master?

I believe this is right. On a laptop with this chipset 'MASTER' vol is more likely to be emulated and 'PCM' and 'FRONT' should be enough to get sound. Well, there's one less thing to worry about.  :-D

[JeeBee]

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:35:31 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> Hi JeeBee. I,ve just posted your problem to the Alsa-user list, and the
> news is perhaps not good. The main problem is that many laptop's soundcards
> are basically crappy, and if you're going to use your laptop for serious
> audio work, it's probably best to get, either a USB soundcard, or a pcmcia
> one.

Ok, Nigel, thanks for asking.
I do read some good news here as well.
I can buy a pcmcia card and have sound with linux then?
Can this card use my internal laptop speakers?
And, more importantly, which card should I buy then?

Maybe I will do so. But I'll try to be a little patient first and
wait a few weeks and pray my bug gets fixed from Alsa's bug tracker.

[Nigel Henry]

On Friday 04 August 2006 10:13, JeeBee wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 23:35:31 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > Hi JeeBee. I,ve just posted your problem to the Alsa-user list, and the
> > news is perhaps not good. The main problem is that many laptop's
> > soundcards are basically crappy, and if you're going to use your laptop
> > for serious audio work, it's probably best to get, either a USB
> > soundcard, or a pcmcia one.
>
> Ok, Nigel, thanks for asking.
> I do read some good news here as well.
> I can buy a pcmcia card and have sound with linux then?

Yes, and the same goes for USB soundcards.
> Can this card use my internal laptop speakers?

As I don't have a laptop, I'm not sure, and had been wondering about that 
myself.
> And, more importantly, which card should I buy then?

It may be best to put that question to the list here, or on Linux audio user 
list. Folks who are using either USB, or pcmcia cards will be able to make 
better suggestions than me.  It depends as well, how much you can afford. I 
think the pcmcia ones are generally more expensive than the USB ones.
> Maybe I will do so. But I'll try to be a little patient first and
> wait a few weeks and pray my bug gets fixed from Alsa's bug tracker.

I hope you get the sound fixed soon, one way or the other. It's obviously a 
very frustrating problem.

Nigel.

[Tim]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 10:13 +0200, JeeBee wrote:
> I can buy a pcmcia card and have sound with linux then?
> Can this card use my internal laptop speakers?

I wouldn't think it could use the internal speakers.  Looking at the
pinouts for the PCMCIA card, there's no connectors for passing an
analogue signal through (i.e. audio out to speakers).  Also, your
speakers would be directly connected to the laptop's internal sound
card/circuitry.  Putting you back in the position of getting the
internal sound working.

Going the PCMCIA or USB route, means external devices hanging off your
nearly all-in-one laptop.  Not very convenient...

[JeeBee]

> Have you considered having a look at the files above and see if ":" or ")"
> is really missing.  You can backup the original files, make changes and
> see what happens.

In /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.18-rc3/include/linux/spinlock.h:

#define LOCK_SECTION_NAME ".text.lock."KBUILD_BASENAME

This is used in rwsem.h as LOCK_SECTION_START("")

And in /root/alsa-source/alsa-driver/Rules.make I see
KBUILD_BASENAME getting defined several times and passed with -D.

Only, in the acore subdirectory, KBUILD_BASENAME does not get defined.

Hmmm. I added -DKBUILD_BASENAME=... (same as above) and that removed the
first error. Then I surrounded by -DKBUILD_BASENAME="..." because I
think that was necessary too. Then I got a lot of other errors,
like: CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT undeclared here (not in a function).

I might have to give up here :'(
Perhaps I could try Fedora Core 6's test release :)

JeeBee.

Fedora on Toshiba Tecra S2

[Robert M. Albrecht]

Hallo,

has anyone gotten the integrated Bluetooth to work ?

The Bluetooth device is connected via USB, but after powering up the
device is disabled.

For Windows there is a tool for "plugging the device in", so the Windows
device manager finds the device and installs the drivers.

There is a really old tool (dmabt) for Linux, for some older Laptop
Models. But I don't found anything, if this tool is compatible with the
modern Tecras nor does this tool work Kernels above 2.4.

Regards,
Robert

[JeeBee]

Woohoo !!!
My sounds problems are solved by applying a patch to alsa.

See:
- https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2104
- https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2378 (the patch)

Thanks all for helping me, especially the unfatiguable pithball, Nigel and
of course I have to look up the name of the guy who wrote that patch ;)

JeeBee.

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 22 August 2006 20:32, JeeBee wrote:
> Woohoo !!!
> My sounds problems are solved by applying a patch to alsa.
>
> See:
> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2104
> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=2378 (the patch)
>
> Thanks all for helping me, especially the unfatiguable pithball, Nigel and
> of course I have to look up the name of the guy who wrote that patch ;)
>
> JeeBee.

I'm happy to see you've fixed your snd-hda-intel problem. I've seen quite a 
lot of folks using laptops, that use snd-hda-intel, and are having problems. 
perhaps that patch will fix all of them. Wishfull thinking?

Nigel.