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From: dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA - Still No Sound
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:43:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D59155A.7000301@optonline.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1297648866.31454.6.camel@troll>

On 02/13/2011 09:01 PM, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> what does "lsmod" say?
> 
> This is on a jetway MB with an onboard nvidia chipset so not quite the
> same as yours (only sound and the nvidia module are modularised) - in
> particular make sure that you are building the "Intel HD Audio" codecs -
> it isnt immediately obvious that its required.
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> myth3 linux # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> snd_pcm_oss            37091  0 
> snd_mixer_oss          14409  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy           1335  0 
> snd_seq_oss            26582  0 
> snd_seq_midi_event      5148  1 snd_seq_oss
> snd_seq                47261  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_usb_audio          76036  0 
> snd_usb_lib            16911  1 snd_usb_audio
> snd_rawmidi            17403  1 snd_usb_lib
> snd_seq_device          4917  4
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
> snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi    12443  1 
> snd_hda_codec_realtek   261601  1 
> easycap              1258666  0 
> nvidia              10078248  36 
> snd_hda_intel          20392  4 
> snd_hda_codec          67766  3
> snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
> lirc_wb677             22727  1 
> snd_hwdep               5724  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
> lirc_dev               10091  3 lirc_wb677
> snd_pcm                68302  5
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,easycap,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer              17708  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
> snd                    49975  23
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,easycap,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               5135  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc          6641  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> myth3 linux #
> 
> On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 18:19 -0500, dhk wrote:
>> I still can't get sound to work.  Can someone tell me what's wrong?  In
>> addition to my earlier thread below I have INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" and
>> ALSA_CARDS="AC97" in my make.conf.
>>
>> The following that someone suggented does nothing.
>>> modprobe snd-intel8x0; modprobe snd-pcm-oss; modprobe snd-mixer-oss;
>> modprobe snd-seq-oss
>>
>> I've also tried a second sound card and alternate set of speakers.  Also
>> nothing is muted or turned down.
>>
>> According to http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ my card works.
>> 10de00ea Yes nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller
>> snd-intel8x0 v2.6.25-
>>
>>
>> On 01/22/2011 08:16 PM, dhk wrote:
>>> Can someone tell me why I don't have sound?  I've followed the
>>> instructions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml and
>>> everything seems to be working, but there's still no sound.  I've also
>>> swapped out the speakers, made sure they were powered on, and the volume
>>> turned up.  Also I'm in the audio group and the channels are unmuted
>>> with the volume at 75%.
>>>
>>> One thing I did notice is that after running alsaconf there aren't any
>>> modules in /etc/modules.d/, in fact the directory doesn't even exist.
>>> Now if there aren't any modules to load that's fine, but since I don't
>>> hear anything I'm not so sure.
>>>
>>> Below is what's on my ~amd64 system.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> # rc-update show | grep -i alsa
>>>            alsasound | boot
>>>
>>> # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
>>>  * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
>>>  * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ...
>>>   [ ok ]
>>>  * Loading ALSA modules ...
>>>  *   Loading: snd-card-0 ...
>>>   [ ok ]
>>>  * Restoring Mixer Levels ...
>>>   [ ok ]
>>>
>>> # lspci -v | grep -i audio
>>> 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb
>>> AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
>>>
>>> # cat /etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86_64-2.6.36-gentoo-r5 | egrep -i
>>> 'sound|ac97|alsa'
>>> CONFIG_SOUND=m
>>> CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE=y
>>> CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM=y
>>> CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
>>> # CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE is not set
>>> # CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set
>>> CONFIG_AC97_BUS=m
>>> CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT=y
>>> # CONFIG_CRYPTO_SALSA20 is not set
>>> CONFIG_CRYPTO_SALSA20_X86_64=m
>>>
>>> # cat /proc/asound/cards
>>>  0 [CK8S           ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK8S
>>>                       NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at irq 20
>>>  1 [UART           ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART
>>>                       MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5
>>>
>>> # cat /proc/asound/version
>>> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
>>>
>>> # cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
>>> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.23 emulation code)
>>> Kernel: Linux jenny 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 16:53:04 EST 2011
>>> x86_64
>>> Config options: 0
>>>
>>> Installed drivers:
>>> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>>>
>>> Card config:
>>> NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at irq 20
>>> MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5
>>>
>>> Audio devices:
>>> 0: NVidia CK8S (DUPLEX)
>>>
>>> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>>>
>>> Midi devices:
>>> 1: MPU-401 UART MIDI
>>>
>>> Timers:
>>> 31: system timer
>>>
>>> Mixers:
>>> 0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0
>>> 1: mixer10
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> dhk
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 

Below is the full lsmod.  What are the "Intel HD Audio" codecs?  I don't
remember doing anything explicitly for them.  How do I check them?  Thanks.

# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  206158  10
snd_seq_midi            3968  0
snd_pcm_oss            29261  0
snd_mixer_oss          12003  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_oss            22204  0
snd_seq_midi_event      4500  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                39341  5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
nvidia               8014619  24
snd_intel8x0           23674  0
snd_ac97_codec         97723  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401              4816  0
ac97_bus                1038  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_mpu401_uart         4819  1 snd_mpu401
snd_pcm                54108  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_rawmidi            14820  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_timer              15181  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
i2c_core               14583  1 nvidia
snd_seq_device          4413  4 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
floppy                 48369  0
rtc                     4807  0
processor              23876  0
forcedeth              44596  0
snd                    44492  12
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
thermal                 7434  0
thermal_sys            10469  2 processor,thermal
snd_page_alloc          5833  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
button                  4602  0
soundcore               4303  1 snd
tg3                   105124  0
libphy                 14410  1 tg3
e1000                  82076  0
fuse                   52906  0
jfs                   137577  0
dm_snapshot            24208  0
dm_crypt               10019  0
dm_mirror              11378  0
dm_region_hash          6184  1 dm_mirror
dm_log                  7312  2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_mod                 54625  19 dm_snapshot,dm_crypt,dm_mirror,dm_log
scsi_wait_scan           663  0
sbp2                   17091  0
ohci1394               23779  0
ieee1394               58976  2 sbp2,ohci1394
sl811_hcd               8550  0
usbhid                 21207  0
ohci_hcd               17517  0
uhci_hcd               17628  0
usb_storage            50625  0
ehci_hcd               30045  0
usbcore               105656  7
sl811_hcd,usbhid,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usb_storage,ehci_hcd
aic94xx                63627  0
libsas                 34062  1 aic94xx
lpfc                  367820  0
qla2xxx               279790  0
megaraid_sas           36889  0
megaraid_mbox          23389  0
megaraid_mm             6897  1 megaraid_mbox
megaraid               35093  0
aacraid                59839  0
sx8                    10981  0
DAC960                 62400  0
cciss                  37984  0
3w_9xxx                28458  0
3w_xxxx                20388  0
mptsas                 42523  0
scsi_transport_sas     20829  3 aic94xx,libsas,mptsas
mptfc                  11909  0
scsi_transport_fc      35379  3 lpfc,qla2xxx,mptfc
scsi_tgt                8338  1 scsi_transport_fc
mptspi                 13095  0
mptscsih               23931  3 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi
mptbase                74059  4 mptsas,mptfc,mptspi,mptscsih
atp870u                23505  0
dc395x                 27324  0
qla1280                18968  0
dmx3191d                8945  0
sym53c8xx              62383  0
gdth                   72801  0
advansys               50310  0
initio                 15313  0
BusLogic               18996  0
arcmsr                 23420  0
aic7xxx               104712  0
aic79xx               119473  0
scsi_transport_spi     18315  5 mptspi,dmx3191d,sym53c8xx,aic7xxx,aic79xx
sg                     23310  0
pdc_adma                5202  0
sata_inic162x           6519  0
sata_mv                23486  0
ata_piix               20548  0
ahci                   19321  0
libahci                15819  1 ahci
sata_qstor              5001  0
sata_vsc                3806  0
sata_uli                2857  0
sata_sis                3570  0
sata_sx4                7854  0
sata_nv                18727  0
sata_via                7672  0
sata_svw                3998  0
sata_sil24             10465  0
sata_sil                7060  0
sata_promise            9513  0
pata_sl82c105           3145  0
pata_cs5530             4061  0
pata_cs5520             3523  0
pata_via                7479  0
pata_jmicron            2248  0
pata_marvell            2689  0
pata_sis                9776  1 sata_sis
pata_netcell            2078  0
pata_sc1200             2786  0
pata_pdc202xx_old       4120  0
pata_triflex            2878  0
pata_atiixp             3449  0
pata_opti               2615  0
pata_amd                9908  0
pata_ali                8839  0
pata_it8213             3247  0
pata_pcmcia             9893  0
pcmcia                 28390  1 pata_pcmcia
firmware_class          4997  7
tg3,aic94xx,libsas,qla2xxx,qla1280,advansys,pcmcia
pcmcia_core            10161  1 pcmcia
pata_ns87415            3065  0
pata_ns87410            2621  0
pata_serverworks        5261  0
pata_artop              4572  0
pata_it821x             8157  0
pata_optidma            4358  0
pata_hpt3x2n            4515  0
pata_hpt3x3             2917  0
pata_hpt37x             9930  0
pata_hpt366             4846  0
pata_cmd64x             5432  0
pata_efar               3363  0
pata_rz1000             2610  0
pata_sil680             4313  0
pata_radisys            2743  0
pata_pdc2027x           5771  0
pata_mpiix              2715  0
libata                133427  52
libsas,pdc_adma,sata_inic162x,sata_mv,ata_piix,ahci,libahci,sata_qstor,sata_vsc,sata_uli,sata_sis,sata_sx4,sata_nv,sata_via,sata_svw,sata_sil24,sata_sil,sata_promise,pata_sl82c105,pata_cs5530,pata_cs5520,pata_via,pata_jmicron,pata_marvell,pata_sis,pata_netcell,pata_sc1200,pata_pdc202xx_old,pata_triflex,pata_atiixp,pata_opti,pata_amd,pata_ali,pata_it8213,pata_pcmcia,pata_ns87415,pata_ns87410,pata_serverworks,pata_artop,pata_it821x,pata_optidma,pata_hpt3x2n,pata_hpt3x3,pata_hpt37x,pata_hpt366,pata_cmd64x,pata_efar,pata_rz1000,pata_sil680,pata_radisys,pata_pdc2027x,pata_mpiix



  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-14 12:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-13 23:19 [gentoo-user] ALSA - Still No Sound dhk
2011-02-14  2:01 ` Bill Kenworthy
2011-02-14 11:43   ` dhk [this message]
2011-02-14 17:29     ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2011-02-15 10:43       ` dhk
2011-02-26 21:53         ` walt
2011-03-06  0:29           ` dhk
2011-03-06  9:01             ` Mick
2011-03-06  8:56           ` Mick
2011-03-06  9:28             ` Dale
2011-03-06 10:59               ` Mick
2011-03-06 11:33                 ` Dale
2011-03-06 16:25               ` dhk
2011-02-15 11:10       ` laconism
2011-02-15 11:35         ` dhk
2011-02-25 12:03           ` dhk
2011-03-06 18:50             ` Mark Knecht
2011-03-06 20:38               ` James Wall
2011-03-06 21:31                 ` Mark Knecht
2011-03-07 12:41                   ` dhk
2011-03-07 16:15                     ` Mick
2011-03-15 12:42                       ` dhk
2011-03-30  9:37                         ` dhk
2011-03-30 13:50                           ` Mark Knecht
2011-03-30 14:00                             ` dhkuhl
2011-02-14  2:21 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-02-14 11:44   ` dhk

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