Re: trying to get tyan s2895 audio working --tyan support does not like debian.....help.
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Florian Kulzer
<florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 21:28:48 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 14:46:06 -0400, Michael Habashy wrote:
>> >> after being on the phone with Tyan -- i have realized how useless they are.
>> >> I am trying to get the audio working on the board.
>> >> I have a debain 4.0 AMD 64 version.
>> >>
>> >> i did an lspci on my server and got this:
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
>
> [...]
>
>> rider:/# lsmod | grep snd
>> snd_usb_audio 88736 0
>
> You don't seem to have an active USB audio card, so why is this module
> loaded? Did you add it to /etc/modules? (The presence of this module
> should not hurt, but it is better if we understand why it is loaded.)
>
> [...]
>
>> snd_intel8x0 39592 4
>> snd_ac97_codec 106456 1 snd_intel8x0
>> snd_ac97_bus 7296 1 snd_ac97_codec
>> snd_pcm_oss 48672 0
>> snd_mixer_oss 21888 1 snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_pcm 89096 6
>> snd_usb_audio,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
>> snd_timer 29192 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm
>> snd 65256 16
>> snd_usb_audio,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>> soundcore 15392 1 snd
>> snd_page_alloc 15504 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> This looks OK.
>
>> rider:/# cat /dev/sndstat
>> Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.12rc1 emulation code)
>> Kernel: Linux rider 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 16 22:30:01 UTC 2008 x86_64
>> Config options: 0
>>
>> Installed drivers:
>> Type 10: ALSA emulation
>>
>> Card config:
>> NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209
>>
>> Audio devices:
>> 0: NVidia CK804 (DUPLEX)
>>
>> Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>>
>> Midi devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
>>
>> Timers:
>> 7: system timer
>>
>> Mixers:
>> 0: Analog Devices AD1981B
>>
>>
>>
>> rider:/# cat /proc/asound/cards
>> 0 [CK804 ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK804
>> NVidia CK804 with AD1981B at 0xb0002000, irq 209
>
> That all seems to be fine, so what is the problem, the volume level?
>
> I would log in at a terminal without starting X (or without logging in
> with [xkg]dm if you normally use graphical login), and then run
>
> speaker-test -t sine
>
> If that starts without errors, keep it running, go to another terminal
> (e.g. CTRL+ALT+F2), log in and start "alsamixer". Experiment with the
> volume levels (CURSOR UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT), especially "Master" and
> "PCM", until you hear the sound from speaker-test at an adequate volume.
> (Use ESC if you want to exit alsamixer.)
>
> Does that work?
>
> --
> Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
> Florian |
>
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the volume was the issue.
thanks..it worked like a charm.
mjh
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