CMI9739 chipset sound problem Module: snd-intel8x0

[Carlo Orecchia]

the fact is that it only worked at first boot after installation. I cannot 
now install again
fedora on this computer. Too complicated now. Is there anyway to solve 
this modifying alsa
settings or whatever?
The mixer is ok. all the volumes levels are high noone is mute. I just 
can't figure out what the
problem is. I also tried with another pci sound card and everything was 
fine.

Thanks Kevin

my modprobe.conf is now

alias eth0 ne2k-pci
alias eth1 8139too
# Entry for nVidia AC-97 integrated audio
alias snd-card-0 nvaudio
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116* snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
# OSS portion
alias char-major-14* soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# AC-97 sound card (on motherboard)
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd cards_limit=1
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && \
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store > /dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; \
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias /dev/ttySHSF[0-9]* /dev/ttySHSF
alias /dev/modem /dev/ttySHSF
alias char-major-240 /dev/ttySHSF
alias char-major-240-* /dev/ttySHSF
options hsfserial serialmajor=240
alias char-major-242 hsfosspec
alias char-major-242-* hsfosspec
alias /dev/hsfdiag hsfosspec
alias /dev/hsfdiag* /dev/hsfdiag
alias char-major-243 /dev/hsfdiag
alias char-major-243-* /dev/hsfdiag
options hsfosspec dcpmajor=242 diagmajor=243
alias char-major-243-* /dev/hsfdiag
options hsfosspec dcpmajor=242 diagmajor=243
install /dev/ttySHSF /sbin/modprobe hsfpcibasic2; /sbin/modprobe 
hsfmc97ich; /sbin/modprobe
hsfmc97via; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97ali; /bin/true



and this is my lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            49576  0
snd_mixer_oss          18048  1 snd_pcm_oss
radeon                123812  0
snd_intel8x0           30764  0
snd_ac97_codec         65668  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                83208  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0
snd_timer              20868  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          9480  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport                3968  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart         6272  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi            20388  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          7176  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    47204  9
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawm
idi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               7264  1 snd
hsfmc97ali             51348  0
hsfmc97via             49304  0
hsfmc97ich             50960  0
hsfpcibasic2           56720  1


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:

> Carlo Orecchia wrote:
>> Thanks for your help
>> 
>> I add to modprobe.conf your lines but it does not change anything. It's so 
>> strange. I tried also bulding modules in kernel and installing new alsa 
>> libs and utils but nothing changed.
>
> Carlo,
> 	Get your card to work.  You indicated that "(just after 
> installation)" your card works.  At that point, run the mixer and make sure 
> that *all* of the sliders you care about are in the proper positions (sound 
> levels, unmuted, etc).  (Its a known problem that the sliders are not all in 
> the right states at this point.  It has been discussed at length here many 
> times.)  Then run the "/usr/sbin/alsactl save" command.  This will save your 
> "good" mixer state for restore at a later time.
> 	*Now* make sure that the install and remove  lines are still properly 
> in your modprobe.conf file (as you indicated above).  Once you've gotten 
> sound working properly, and you save the state, the next time you re-boot, 
> when it auto-loads the modules, it should restore your good mixer settings, 
> and your soundcard should then be working.
>
> It helps to understand *what* the lines in modprobe.conf actually do in order 
> to understand how this jury-rigging should work.
>
> Like I said before, we both have nForce2 chipsets, so it should work for you 
> as it does for me....
>
> Good luck!
>
>

-- 
Dott. Carlo Orecchia
E-Mail: carlo at numb.darktech.org
Web: http://numb.darktech.org/carlo/