Re: [gentoo-user] Sound doesn't work on Asus-P5B-Deluxe

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:10 AM, rdkrsr <rdkrsr@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't know if I'm right here, but I try.
>
> I try now for a few days to get sound working. At boot I see a message
> that alsa is loaded and I can hear a slight sound (as if I switch on
> my speakers) at that moment. I also hear that sound if I change volume
> in beep column of alsamixer. But no sound appears with command line
> players or in kde (system sounds).
>
> I did emerge -uvDNa system and world, configured kernel by hand,
> edited modprobe (but I didn't really know what to do).
>
> Maybe someone can help
> Red
>
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_P5B_Deluxe
> spock ~ # uname -a
> Linux spock 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #5 SMP Wed Mar 18 20:39:24 CET 2009 i686 Intel(R)
> Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
> spock ~ # lspci -v | grep -i audio
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> spock linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8 # cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
>                      HDA Intel at 0xffaf8000 irq 22
>
> spock ~ # cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa
> # Alsa kernel modules' configuration file.
>
> # ALSA portion
> alias char-major-116 snd
> # OSS/Free portion
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
>
> ##
> ## IMPORTANT:
> ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s)
> ## and then run `update-modules' command.
> ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info.
> ##
> ##  ALSA portion
> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
> ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave
> ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371
> ##  OSS/Free portion
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
> ##
>
>
> # OSS/Free portion - card #1
> 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
> ##  OSS/Free portion - card #2
> ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
> ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
> ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
>
> # Set this to the correct number of cards.
> options snd cards_limit=1
>
> # from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
> # options snd-hda-intel model=basic
> options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
> #
> # in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
> #     AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
> #         6stack        6-jack
> #         6stack-dig    ditto with SPDIF
> #         3stack        3-jack
> #         3stack-dig    ditto with SPDIF
> #         laptop        3-jack with hp-jack automute
> #         laptop-dig    ditto with SPDIF
> #         auto          auto-config reading BIOS (default)
> #
> spock ~ #
>

Did you check alsamixer to make sure it's not muted or 0 volume?