Re: sound problems on debian

[steef <steefvanduin@zonnet.nl>]

Arvind Marathe wrote:
> btw, 'lspci | grep audio' does not give me any output...could that be an
> issue?
>
>   
> > Hi all,
> > when i tried 'dmesg' as suggested by Raffaele Morelli, i found a line
> > towards the end:
> > ......................................................................
> > hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC880, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
> > ......................................................................
> >
> > I suspect this might be the problem why am not able to get sound on my
> > system. Is that correct? I have got the outputs of the following commands
> > into files and created a tarball.
> >
> > ......................................................................
> > dmesg > dmesg.txt
> > cat /proc/asound/version > version.txt
> > cat /proc/asound/cards > cards.txt
> > cat /dev/sndstat > sndstat.txt
> > lsmod | grep snd > lsmod.txt
> > uname -a > uname.txt
> > lspci -s 0:1b -vn > lspci.txt
> > cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* > codec.txt
> > ......................................................................
> >
> > I have attached the file sound_info.tgz which contains all the 8 files
> > above. Can somebody now tell me what i need to do to get sound running on
> > the system? Is any other info required?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> > regards,
> > Arvind
> >
> > ps: as mentioned previously, am not subscribed to the list so pls reply to
> > my e-mail address
> >
> >
> >     
> > > Hi all,
> > > i just cannot get sound working on my machine. I have installed alsa and
> > > run alsaconf. But if i try 'speaker-test' or 'cat /dev/urandom >
> > > /dev/audio', i just don't get any sound. I have attached several outputs
> > > below so that somebody else might be able to figure out what is wrong.
> > > Anything i need to do?
> > >
> > > thanks and regards,
> > > Arvind
> > >
> > > ps: am not subscribed to the list so pls reply to my e-mail address
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > orion:~# uname -a
> > > Linux orion 2.6.17-2-686-bigmem #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 17:57:21 UTC 2006 i686
> > > GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > orion:~# lsmod |grep snd
> > > snd_hda_intel          18004  0
> > > snd_hda_codec         127264  1 snd_hda_intel
> > > snd_pcm_oss            36736  0
> > > snd_mixer_oss          16640  1 snd_pcm_oss
> > > snd_pcm                75332  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> > > snd_timer              21604  1 snd_pcm
> > > snd                    48868  6
> > > snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> > > soundcore               9984  1 snd
> > > snd_page_alloc         10344  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> > >
> > > orion:~# cat /proc/asound/version
> > > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11rc4 (Wed Mar 22
> > > 10:27:24 2006 UTC).
> > >
> > > orion:~# cat /proc/asound/cards
> > >  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
> > >                       HDA Intel at 0xffac0000 irq 177
> > >
> > >
> > > orion:~# cat /dev/sndstat
> > > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.11rc4 emulation code)
> > > Kernel: Linux orion 2.6.17-2-686-bigmem #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 17:57:21 UTC
> > > 2006 i686Config options: 0
> > >
> > > Installed drivers:
> > > Type 10: ALSA emulation
> > >
> > > Card config:
> > > HDA Intel at 0xffac0000 irq 177
> > >
> > > Audio devices:
> > > 0: ALC880 Analog (DUPLEX)
> > >
> > > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> > >
> > > Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> > >
> > > Timers:
> > > 7: system timer
> > >
> > > Mixers:
> > > 0: Realtek ALC880
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       
>
>
>   
hi,

i did not follow this thread so maybe you know all this allready:

somewhere i saw you use alsadriver 1.0.11 &&. that sounddriver of 
hda_intel can give some pronlems for reasons i will not explain here, 
because in the newest alsa-drivers this problem is solved.

so: my advice to you: install your kernel-headers if you did not do 
allready so (1)
than get the newest alsa-drivers (1.0.14) from their site and the 
alsa-libs and alsa-utils (2).

compile the drivers as root into a (new) directory /usr/src/alsa (3) and 
install snd-hhda-intel into your kernel  (4) (i assume a 2.6.x.y kernel) 
compile and install as root alsa-libs and als-utils in your 
home-directory (5). that should do the trick.

good luck!

steef