No sound with ESS Technology ES1983S
Hi,
switching from the standard etch kernel 2.6.18-6-686 to the current
backports.org kernel 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 I lost the sound on my son's
computer (an old HP Omnibook XE2).
alsaconfig does not help; when logging into KDE I constantly run into:
Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
Going back to the 2.6.18 kernel sound once again works like a charm.
lspci informs me of:
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i
PCI Audio Accelerator
for the 2.6.18 lsmod provides the following listing:
HP-XE2:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
acx 128936 0
binfmt_misc 10984 1
rfcomm 34712 0
l2cap 21760 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 46020 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipv6 226272 10
ppdev 8676 0
lp 11012 0
button 6672 0
ac 5188 0
battery 9636 0
fuse 39892 3
dm_snapshot 15552 0
dm_mirror 19152 0
dm_mod 50200 2 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror
loop 15048 0
snd_maestro3 23300 0
tsdev 7520 0
joydev 9088 0
snd_ac97_codec 83104 1 snd_maestro3
snd_ac97_bus 2400 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 38368 0
snd_mixer_oss 15200 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 68676 3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
pcmcia 34140 0
snd_timer 20996 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10184 1 snd_pcm
firmware_class 9600 2 acx,pcmcia
rtc 12372 0
snd 47012 6
snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_piix4 8268 0
parport_pc 32132 1
parport 33256 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
irtty_sir 7808 0
sir_dev 15492 1 irtty_sir
irda 162588 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev
crc_ccitt 2240 1 irda
psmouse 35016 0
serio_raw 6660 0
soundcore 9248 1 snd
i2c_core 19680 1 i2c_piix4
pcspkr 3072 0
yenta_socket 24460 3
rsrc_nonstatic 11840 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36852 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
intel_agp 22204 1
agpgart 29896 1 intel_agp
shpchp 33024 0
pci_hotplug 28704 1 shpchp
evdev 9088 2
reiserfs 212640 1
ide_cd 36064 0
cdrom 32544 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 14848 4
floppy 53124 0
uhci_hcd 21164 0
piix 9444 0 [permanent]
generic 4868 0 [permanent]
usbcore 112644 3 acx,uhci_hcd
ide_core 110504 4 ide_cd,ide_disk,piix,generic
thermal 13608 0
processor 28840 1 thermal
fan 4804 0
and for the 2.6.26 backport kernel:
HP-XE2:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
acx 120904 0
binfmt_misc 7688 1
rfcomm 28624 0
l2cap 17312 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 45188 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipv6 237348 10
ppdev 6564 0
lp 8260 0
fuse 43068 3
dm_snapshot 14468 0
dm_mirror 15264 0
dm_log 8612 1 dm_mirror
dm_mod 46408 3 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror,dm_log
loop 12940 0
joydev 8640 0
pcmcia 29836 0
battery 10308 0
snd_maestro3 16260 0
container 3488 0
firmware_class 6976 3 acx,pcmcia,snd_maestro3
snd_ac97_codec 88708 1 snd_maestro3
ac97_bus 1824 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 32928 0
snd_mixer_oss 12448 1 snd_pcm_oss
ac 4292 0
parport_pc 22692 1
parport 31212 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
snd_pcm 62852 3 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
irtty_sir 4576 0
sir_dev 10884 1 irtty_sir
button 6224 0
snd_timer 18056 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 7912 1 snd_pcm
snd 45764 6
snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
irda 95960 1 sir_dev
crc_ccitt 2144 1 irda
i2c_piix4 7408 0
psmouse 32560 0
soundcore 6464 1 snd
pcspkr 2528 0
shpchp 25816 0
intel_agp 22556 1
serio_raw 4836 0
i2c_core 20052 1 i2c_piix4
yenta_socket 20716 3
rsrc_nonstatic 9664 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 32180 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
pci_hotplug 23652 1 shpchp
agpgart 29000 1 intel_agp
evdev 8128 3
reiserfs 189760 1
ide_cd_mod 27812 0
cdrom 30368 1 ide_cd_mod
ide_disk 10624 4
piix 6696 0 [permanent]
ide_pci_generic 4004 0 [permanent]
ide_core 96520 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,piix,ide_pci_generic
ata_generic 4772 0
floppy 47876 0
uhci_hcd 18832 0
libata 140576 1 ata_generic
scsi_mod 129644 1 libata
usbcore 118192 3 acx,uhci_hcd
dock 8432 1 libata
thermal 15292 0
processor 32864 2 thermal
fan 4260 0
thermal_sys 10984 3 thermal,processor,fan
What is wrong here?
Any clues?
Thanking in advance
PalSa
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