Re: No sound - onboard VIA VT8233 AC97
Josh Metzler wrote:
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Ok, before writing the above, I had installed the stock debian
kernel-image-2.4.20-3-686, along with alsa-modules-2.4.20-3-686, alsa-base,
alsa-headers, and alsa-utils. I had not run alsamixer to unmute the sound.
I have now done so, but still no luck.
alsamixer settings:
Master: 52
Master Mono: 52
3D Control - Center: 53Josh Metzler <joshdeb@metzlers.org>
3D Control - Depth: 53
3D Control - Switch: 0 (won't go up)
PCM: 52
Surround: 52
Surround Down Mix: 0 (won't go up)
I don't use alsamixer here... the mixer that comes with KDE worked fine
for me. Can't say much about these settings...
sound related modules as listed by lspci:
I hope you mean "as reporded by lsmod"... <grin>.
snd-seq-oss 29408 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 2984 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 36496 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-pcm-oss 39972 0
snd-mixer-oss 13592 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-via82xx 13248 0
snd-pcm 60836 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]
snd-timer 14212 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 39752 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-page-alloc 5020 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi 13312 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]snd-via82xx
snd-seq-device 4192 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd 30244 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq
snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec
snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3940 6 [snd]
All of the above are the same as mine, except I don't have the
"snd-page-alloc" listed. This means that your setup of ALSA is probably
OK if these modules are getting loaded automatically, AND if you indeed
have the 8233/AC97 sound combo. More on this later...
As my speakers only have one jack and there are two places for speaker jacks
on the back of the MB, I'm not certain which one I should use. With the
volume up on the speakers, I get static touching either one with the jack,
but I also get no sound with it plugged into either one. I picked the darker
green one, which is closer in color to the speaker jack.snd-page-alloc
Your MB should have three 1/8 inch "phono" jacks on the back... all in a
row. With these three jacks positioned to be viewed to the RIGHT of the
keyboard/ps2 mouse pair, then going from LEFT to RIGHT they are:
snd-via82xx
1. Line out <---- you should use this one with AMPLIFIED speakers!
2. Line in
3. Mic in
As I don't know much about how sound works in gnu/linux, it is possible I'm
not testing it correctly. Additional info is that I am running KDE. There's
no sound from it either, but I'm not sure how that might affect my ability to
play sound from the command line. I figure I should get sound working from
the command line before working on KDE.
The one remaining variable that I hinted about above is that your MB
doesn't use the same chipset as mine. I looked at the manual for your
board posted at the Shuttle site and it says you have a VT8235 plus a
RealTek ALC650 Codec ( a six channel AC97 style codec). Obviously your
hardware is different from mine, so the above settings may NOT be the
correct ones... The ALSA site says the snd-via82xx driver is ok...
dunno. Could you forward the "real" results of lspci?? ;) I would be
interested in what LINUX thinks you have....
Try firing up kde and see what happens. You won't hurt anything, and it
might give you some clues from it's complaints...
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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