Re: sound problem ibook g4
mlaks@B1:~$ uname -a
Linux B1 2.6.38-2-powerpc #1 Sat Apr 23 19:45:44 UTC 2011 ppc GNU/Linux
here is the output on the laptop when booted into debian
mlaks@B1:~$ lsmod |grep snd
snd_aoa_i2sbus 20887 0
snd_powermac 58851 0
snd_pcm_oss 44965 0
snd_mixer_oss 19254 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 68590 3 snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_powermac,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 9121 1 snd_pcm
snd_seq_dummy 4759 0
snd_seq_oss 33902 0
snd_seq_midi 8352 0
snd_rawmidi 22252 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7904 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 53422 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 21631 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 8861 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 55632 12 snd_aoa_i2sbus,snd_powermac,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 8067 1 snd
snd_aoa_soundbus 6701 1 snd_aoa_i2sbus
mlaks@B1:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Snapper ]: PMac Snapper - PowerMac Snapper
PowerMac Snapper (Dev 38) Sub-frame 0
mlaks@B1:~$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.12.ge9da1.286.ge539e.
Compiled on Apr 24 2011 for kernel 2.6.38-2-powerpc.
mlaks@B1:~$ dpkg -l|egrep "(alsa-|asound)"
ii alsa-base 1.0.23+dfsg-3 ALSA driver configuration files
ii alsa-firmware-loaders 1.0.23-3+b1 ALSA software loaders for specific hardware
ii alsa-source 1.0.23+dfsg-3 ALSA driver sources
ii alsa-utils 1.0.23-3 Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
ii libasound2 1.0.23-2.1 shared library for ALSA applications
ii libasound2-plugins 1.0.23-1+b1 ALSA library additional plugins
mlaks@B1:~$ aplay -lL
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Snapper
PowerMac Snapper, PowerMac Snapper
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Snapper,DEV=0
PowerMac Snapper, PowerMac Snapper
Front speakers
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Snapper [PowerMac Snapper], device 0: PMac Snapper [PowerMac Snapper]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
mlaks@B1:~$ groups
mlaks dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev netdev
--- On Thu, 4/28/11, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de> wrote:
> From: Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>
> Subject: Re: sound problem ibook g4
> To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
> Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011, 2:58 AM
> * m laks [110427 18:03 -0700]:
>
> > Hi I have been using debian squeeze and now sid
> on a ibookg g4
> > 1.2Ghz which i believe is a late 2004
> machine - 30G harddrive.
> >
> > Some time ago (way before squeeze) sound
> stopped working at all.
> >
> > instead I get a scratchy terrible sound that sounds
> like someone
> > blowing air under their tongue while scratching their
> fingernails
> > on glass, whenever I try to listen to a ogg or mp3
> lecture or
> > music.
> >
> > When I downloaded a ubuntu live disk 10.04 sound
> works fine. So
> > it is not a hardware problem.
>
> A good way of debugging would be to list the snd modules
> Ubuntu
> distro is using. I guess snd-aoa-codec-tas should be
> correct for
> your machine. Could you please send the output of
>
> $ lsmod | grep snd
>
> from your Ubuntu distro?
>
> >
> > I had the problem for some before squeeze time and was
> running
> > squeeze with this problem too. I tried some random
> things i
> > googled - such as putting snd-powermac in the
> /etc/modules
> > directory as well as putting
> >
>
> Don't put any snd module in /etc/modules and let udev do
> the job.
>
> > the following modules to be blacklisted:
> >
> > snd-aoa
> > snd-aoa-codec-tas
> > snd-aoa-fabric-layout
> > snd-aoa-i2sbus
> > snd-aoa-soundbus
>
> Don't do that.
>
> > -
> > this had no effect. still the same bad sound.
> >
> > I upgraded to the latest sid kernel 2.6.38-2 from the
> squeeze
> > kernel and no help. I also tried installing the latest
> alsa-driver
> > from the alsa web site and this did not help?
> >
> > Is there anything that I can do to get this very
> portable nice
> > laptop sound working? It worked fine for the longest
> time...
>
> Do what I've mentioned above, reboot and post the following
> outputs
> as user:
>
> $ lsmod | grep snd
> $ cat /proc/asound/cards
> $ cat /proc/asound/version
> $ dpkg -l | egrep "(alsa-|asound)"
> $ aplay -lL
> $ groups
>
> Elimar
>
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