Re: ALSA Config
On Saturday 03 January 2009 19:30, Dean Chester wrote:
> Update: I unloaded alsa with the command: alsa unload. now i can't get it
> to resume as it doesn't load any modules. I think this info might help us
> find a solution. Outputs of commands
> alsa unload:
> debian:~# alsa unload
> /usr/sbin/alsa: Warning: Processes using sound devices: 31575(wish8.5).
> Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-intel snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm
> snd-timer snd-page-alloc (failed: modules still loaded: snd-hda-intel
> snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm snd-timer snd-page-alloc).
> debian:~# alsa unload
> Unloading ALSA sound driver modules: snd-hda-intel snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm
> snd-timer snd-page-alloc.
> I left amsn running by mistake thats why it failed the first time.
>
> alsa resume:
> debian:~# alsa resume
> debian:~# alsa resume
> debian:~# alsa resume
>
> As you can see its not loading anything. Hope this helps.
> Dean
Hi Dean.
I havn't played around with alsa unload/alsa resume before, but when you
reboot, are the alsa modules loaded again (lsmod | grep snd), and is the
soundcard detected, as when running.
cat /proc/asound/cards
Don't post the output, a yes, or no is ok.
Also please post the output of the following.
cat /proc/asound/version
uname -r
grep ^Codec /proc/asound/card?/codec*
There are some model options for the STAC9228 codec, as listed below. Try them
out one at a time in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, and obviously reboot to try
each one.
STAC9227/9228/9229/927x
ref Reference board
3stack D965 3stack
5stack D965 5stack + SPDIF
dell-3stack Dell Dimension E520
dell-bios Fixes with Dell BIOS setup
The "ref" one is the default, but try the others. The above options are for
the alsa driver 1.0.17, and also apply to alsa driver 1.0.18a.
Example options line below.
options snd-hda-intel model=3stack
I'm thinking that there may be some slider missing in alsamixer when you boot
the machine up, but when you run alsaconf, for some reason or other the
correct mixer elements are displayed in alsamixer, which is why the sounds
then work.
If you have an earlier kernel installed, try booting with that, as some
kernels can have problems with sounds.
Just some suggestions from someone trying to help others to get sounds
working.
Nigel.
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