Re: I can get no... sound

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 07:16:31AM +0200, Yannick - Debian/Linux wrote:
> $lspci
> 0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown 
> device 0059 (rev a2)

Well at least in 2.6.11 and 2.6.12 the snd-intel8x0 lists the nvidia
0059 chip as recognized.  Maybe 2.6.8 it is not.

athlon:~# modinfo snd-intel8x0
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.12-1-k7/kernel/sound/pci/snd-intel8x0.ko
author:         Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
description:    Intel 82801AA,82901AB,i810,i820,i830,i840,i845,MX440;
SiS 7012; Ali 5455
license:        GPL
vermagic:       2.6.12-1-k7 K7 gcc-4.0
depends:        snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-page-alloc,snd
[snip]
alias:          pci:v000010DEd00000059sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
[snip]

When I do the same on 2.6.8, it does in fact NOT list the nvidia 0059,
so yeah you have to upgrade your kernel, or compile the alsa driver from
the alsa-source package instead.  I would recomend upgrading to 2.6.11
or 2.6.12 instead.

> $dmesg
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LACI] enabled at IRQ 5
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:04.0[A] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
> 
> It seems not to find the chip (search with intel or nvidia doesn't give 
> significant result)
> That's all i found... (but i'm not an expert)

Yeah makes sense if using 2.6.8 I guess.

Len Sorensen