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Re: HP Compaq nx6125 sound problem





2006/6/16, Florian Reitmeir <florian@reitmeir.org>:
On Fre, 16 Jun 2006, João Santos wrote:

> I've recently installed debian in my laptop and everything works fine
> except the sound.
> When I try to use some program that uses sound I get the error: "Device
> dev/dsp does not exist". How can I solve this?

this message indicates the application is searching for an OSS sound driver.

make sure:
- you've run as root, "alsaconf" from the package "alsa-utils"
- your user is in the group "audio"
- lsmod | grep oss is hittig some alsa modules

if above isn't helping you, please post the output of "lspci"

--
Florian Reitmeir



when I run alsaconf it says that no supported PnP or PCI card was found.

The output of lspci is:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5950 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a36
0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a37
0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4374
0000:00: 13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4375
0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4373
0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4372 (rev 11)
0000:00: 14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376
0000:00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4377
0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4371
0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4 370 (rev 02)
0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4378 (rev 02)
0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 595 5
0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit  Ethernet (rev 03)
0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4318 (rev 02)
0000:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031
0000:02:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032
0000:02:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8033
0000:02:04.4 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8034

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The output of lspci -v is:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5950 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a3f (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
        Memory behind bridge: d0400000-d07fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cff00000
        Capabilities: [44] #08 [a803]
        Capabilities: [b0] #0d [0000]

0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a36 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: fast devsel
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=10, subordinate=10, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] #10 [0141]
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [b0] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [b8] #08 [a803]

0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5a37 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: fast devsel
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=20, subordinate=20, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00000000-00000fff
        Memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000-000fffff
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [58] #10 [0141]
        Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [b0] #0d [0000]
        Capabilities: [b8] #08 [a803]

0000:00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4374 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at d0800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4375 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at d0801000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4373 (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at d0802000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4372 (rev 11)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel
        I/O ports at 8200 [size=16]
        Memory at d0803000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [b0] #08 [a802]

0000:00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4376 (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at <unassigned>
        I/O ports at 3010 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00: 14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4377
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4371 (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=03, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d03fffff

0000:00: 14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4370 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at d0804000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 4378 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: 66MHz, slow devsel, IRQ 11
        Memory at d0805000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5955 (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
        Memory at d0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-

0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4318 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 1356
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at d0010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

0000:02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8031
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
        Memory at d0012000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 20000000-203ff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 20400000-207ff000
        I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff
        I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

0000:02:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8032 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
        Memory at d0013000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at d0014000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:04.3 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8033
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
        Memory at d0018000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:04.4 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8034
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 308b
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
        Memory at d001a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at d001b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at d001c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2


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The output of uname -r is:
2.6.8-2-386

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