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Re: how to start the sound system



On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 10:48:53PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 21:54:07 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:23:31PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:17:21PM +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 14:20:35 +0200, Kay Smarczewski wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > [ ATI SB450 HDA sound card with snd_hda_intel module ]
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > Now i've found out another even more curious thing: everytime i purge
> > > > > > > alsa-base, alsa-utils and linux-sound-base the sound works. but after
> > > > > > > rebooting i get only the errors and no sound :(
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > on booting i get:
> > > > > > > hda_codec: invalid dep_range_va l
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > oh, i forgot: playing .wav-files with aplay works without any errors.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > can it be the codec or something like that?
> > > > > 
> > > > > You can see the codecs listed in the /proc/asound/card0/ directory.
> > > > > 
> > > > > You need the Realtek ALC883 codec according to this web page
> > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Acer_Aspire_5102WLMi
> > > > > 
> > > > > I noticed that my kernel sources have a realtek-specific patch in the
> > > > > hda directory: sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
> > > > > Maybe this patch is missing for your kernel.
> > > > 
> > > > the codec /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 is the same as listed on the page
> > > > and i have the kernel 2.6.19rc2. that should contain alsa 1.0.13rc3 as
> > > > listed on the page.
> > > > if have searched for the patch and i have it, too. :(
> > > > 
> > > > so i am not very hopeful. but of course i will try to compile the kernel
> > > > for myself.
> > > 
> > > i mean compiling the alsa-module, of course ;)
> > 
> > ok, i recompiled the kernel with the help of the alsa-page and your
> > link. and nothing changed:
> > after the first reboot everything works fine.
> > after the second time, only aplay works.
> > 
> > i get many of these errors:
> > hda_codec: invalid dep_range_val 0:7fff
> > hda_codec: num_steps = 0 for NID=0xd
> 
> I am pretty much out of ideas now. You could do some general poking
> around to compare the situation between the first, successful boot and
> the second one. For example:
> 
> cat /proc/modules | cut -f1 -d " " | sort > modules1.txt
> 
> Then after the reboot save the output of the same command as
> "modules2.txt" and use diff to compare the two lists of modules.
> 
> If you use an initrd you could try to build the sound modules into it.
> 
> If that all fails then you need to attract the attention of someone who,
> contrary to me, actually has the same soundcard. I would start a new
> thread and make sure that "ATI SB450 hda_codec" is prominently visible
> in the subject line. (Many people tend to ignore threads which have such
> an unspecific subject as the present one.)

ok
i've tried this, too.
still not working.

i will start a new thread as you suggested.

but thank you for your help!

regards,

kay



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