Re: how to start the sound system
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 17:17:36 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 08:35:24PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 18:28:41 +0200, Jabka Atu wrote:
> > > Howdy,...
> > > i own acer 5102wlmi and im unable to start the sound system :
[...]
> > > im using
> > > kernel Linux debian 2.6.8-12-amd64-k8-smp #1 SMP Mon Jul 17 00:17:20 UTC
> > > 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > when i start alsaconf i get no supported pci card.
> > > i have installed alsa-utils alsa-base and alsa-oss
> >
> > Your kernel version suggests that you run Sarge. The version of alsa in
> > Sarge might be too old to support your hardware. Please post the output
> > of "lspci | grep -i audio" to let us know which soundcard is used. (That
> > has higher chances of success than hoping that someone will know it
> > directly from the model number of the laptop.)
[...]
>
> I have the same laptop and the same problem.
> The only difference is that i have the kernel 2.6.19rc2.
>
> lspci | grep -i audio :
> 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
>
> I tried to compile alsa for myself because i think i have to use a newer
> alsa. so i downloaded the 1.0.13rc3 and did the following:
I don't have this card myself, but my 2.6.18 kernel sources suggest that
it is supported:
$ awk '/MODULE_SUPPORTED/,/MODULE_DESCRIPTION/' /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE("{{Intel, ICH6},"
"{Intel, ICH6M},"
"{Intel, ICH7},"
"{Intel, ESB2},"
"{Intel, ICH8},"
"{ATI, SB450},"
"{ATI, SB600},"
"{ATI, RS600},"
"{VIA, VT8251},"
"{VIA, VT8237A},"
"{SiS, SIS966},"
"{ULI, M5461}}");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel HDA driver");
AFAIK, alsa in the 2.6.18 kernel sources is the released version 1.0.13
already and hence should be newer than 1.0.13rc3 (the 3rd release
candidate for this version). Maybe it is better to try getting the sound
to work with the released 2.6.18 kernel than with a release candidate
for 2.6.19.
What happens if you run "modprobe snd_hda_intel"? Do you get error
messages? If you use udev, are /dev/snd, /dev/sndstat or /dev/mixer
created?
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Regards,
Florian
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