Re: How to enable sound with Intel AC'97 on Sony VAIO GRX316G?
On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 18:08, Thomas Girard wrote:
> Add i810_audio to /etc/modules. You may also use the sonypi modules
> which will allow you to use the jogdial (apt-get install sjog).
That is interesting. How do I know that the jogdial is working? Do I
need to change something in XConfig?
Cheers,
Mariano
> > * but when loaded by hand
> > * xmms does work and outputs that it used OSS
> > * kde sound does not work (when logging in it complains about
> > /dev/dsp permision denied)
> Add yourself to the audio group, or whatever group the /dev/dsp device
> belongs to.
> When modprobing i810_audio, if you did compile as modules OSS soud
> modules, your lsmod should read :
> i810_audio
> soundcore
> ac97_codec
>
> Hope this helps. Note that my lsmod also reads i810_rng, since I
> compiled as a module the pseudo random number generator. I'm not sure
> it's related, but that's worth trying. Anyway, since you're using a
> vaio, you should use the sonypi driver (located in character devices).
> Being able to use the jogdial is great, and I think it also gives access
> to other sony specific features.
> > * gnome is quiet too
> >
> > What should I do next?
> >
> > What about alsa? I read that alsa is now the way to go, but oss. I
> > didn't find a alsa howto nor a package below /usr/doc. Where should I
> > look?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mariano
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 13:50, Thomas Girard wrote:
> >
> >>I had exactly the same problem, on the same machine.
> >>First of all, you should try OSS module i810_audio. If you card remains
> >>mute, or produces strange sounds as it did for me, you'll have to follow
> >>these steps:
> >>Update ACPI on your kernel. The reason why the sound card was not
> >>correctly working before is related to a IRQ sharing issue solved
> >>recently in the ACPI subsystem.
> >>the sound works perfectly with the OSS driver Intel ICH (i8xx) module
> >>named i810_audio. So you have to:
> >>1. Patch your kernel with the latest version of ACPI, available from
> >>http://acpi.sourceforge.net
> >>2. Compile a new kernel with ACPI enabled (I include it in the kernel,
> >>not as a module), and choose in the sound config:
> >><M> Sound card support
> >>...
> >><M> Intel ICH (i8xx)
> >>...
> >><M> OSS Sound modules
> >>3. Use the new kernel.
> >>
> >>I can provide my .config, if it helps,
> >>
> >>Thomas
> >>
> >>Mariano Kamp wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>> lspci -vv gives the following output:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. AC'97 Audio Controller
> >>>(rev 02)
> >>> Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 80fa
> >>> Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> >>>ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> >>> Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> >>><TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> >>> Latency: 0
> >>> Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 9
> >>> Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
> >>> Region 1: I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
> >>>
> >>> I don't find a Kernel Module with a similar name?! What do I need to
> >>>look for? Would the discovery of the right module be everything needed
> >>>to get the sound up and running on woody or do I need anything else?
> >>>
> >>> Just in case that is interesting?!hamlet:/home/mkamp# lsmod
> >>>Module Size Used by Not tainted
> >>>bsd_comp 3968 0 (autoclean)
> >>>ppp_async 5984 1 (autoclean)
> >>>ppp_generic 14088 3 (autoclean) [bsd_comp ppp_async]
> >>>slhc 4352 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
> >>>eepro100 16976 1
> >>>ieee1394 25576 0 (unused)
> >>>usb-uhci 20996 0 (unused)
> >>>usbcore 52512 0 [usb-uhci]
> >>>rtc 5368 0 (autoclean)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Mariano
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Thomas Girard
> >>51 rue Curiol
> >>13001 Marseille
> >>
> >>mailto:thomas.g.girard@free.fr
> >>
> >>
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