Sound problem on Hardy
Nigel Henry
cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr
Tue Dec 2 22:00:03 UTC 2008
On Tuesday 02 December 2008 21:09, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 December 2008 12:45:25 pm Nigel Henry wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 December 2008 18:53, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > > I have a laptop using the Intel 80281DB sound chip. I've installed
> > > Kubuntu Hardy on it and have no sound at all. I've been to alsamixer
> > > and checked the sound levels. I also found the threads that said to
> > > turn on the external amplifier and then turn it off. The only way I
> > > found to do this was to go to alsamixer, turn on the external switch,
> > > then "alsactl store 0", then go to alsamixer, turn the switch off, then
> > > again "alactl store 0". I still have no sound.
> > >
> > > Can anyone offer me any help with this?
> >
> > Hi Michael.
> >
> > What is the make/model of your laptop? Is this a very new model of
> > laptop?
>
> It's not a new laptop. It's a Gateway MX3042.
>
> > The soundcard is obviously being detected, as otherwise you'd have no
> > access to alsamixer.
> >
> > A bit of info please as below.
> >
> > cat /proc/asound/version
>
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
> Compiled on Nov 25 2008 for kernel 2.6.24-22-generic (SMP).
>
> > cat /proc/asound/cards
>
> 0 [I82801DBICH4 ]: ICH4 - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
> Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 17
>
> > lspci -vn (just the bit for the soundcard)
>
> Here's the output. The part for the soundcard isn't obvious to me, so I've
> included all of it:
Hi Michael. it isn't obvious to me either, although the output
from /proc/asound/cards above, shows the soundcard as detected.
>
> 00:00.0 0600: 8086:3580 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information
>
> 00:00.1 0880: 8086:3584 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:00.3 0880: 8086:3585 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:02.0 0300: 8086:3582 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
> Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
> I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
>
> 00:02.1 0380: 8086:3582 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> Memory at e0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
>
> 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
> I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
> I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
> I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
> Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [58] Debug port
>
> 00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 83) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=06, sec-latency=216
> Memory behind bridge: e0200000-e02fffff
>
> 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 03)
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
> I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
> I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
> I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
> I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
> I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
> Memory at 30000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
>
> 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 03)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
> I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
>
> 00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 03)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
> I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
> I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
> Memory at e0100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
> Memory at e0100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>
> 00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
> Subsystem: 161f:2030
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
> I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
> I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:07.0 0607: 104c:8031
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 16
> Memory at e020b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
> Memory window 0: 34000000-37fff000 (prefetchable)
> Memory window 1: 38000000-3bfff000
> I/O window 0: 00001400-000014ff
> I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
> 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
>
> 02:07.2 0c00: 104c:8032 (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
> Memory at e020a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
> Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:07.3 0180: 104c:8033
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 57, IRQ 16
> Memory at e0204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:08.0 0200: 14e4:170c (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 161f:203e
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
> Memory at e0206000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:09.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)
> Subsystem: 14e4:0449
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
> Memory at e0208000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
>
> > lsmod | grep snd
>
> snd_intel8x0 35356 2
> snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
> snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 78596 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
> snd_seq_oss 35584 0
> snd_seq_midi 9376 0
> snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq 54224 6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device 9612 5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd 56996 15
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy
>,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore
> 8800 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> > grep ^Codec /proc/asound/card?/codec* (you may get no output from
> > this)
>
> No output.
>
> > You could also save the script from the link below as, alsa-info.sh, then
> > make it executable, and run it as ./alsa-info.sh. Post back the link to
> > the website where the data has been uploaded to. This can be valuable
> > info for the alsa developers if your machine is very new, and not yet
> > supported.
> >
> > http://hg.alsa-project.org/alsa/raw-file/tip/alsa-info.sh
>
> This script doesn't make it easy to collect the output (it seems to upload
> it to the alsa site - and I'm not sure which URL that would be. My laptop /
> sound card isn't new, though, so this may not be an issue.
I think we need the link to where the data has been uploaded to, after running
the script. When you run the script from Gnomes terminal, it should show a
link to a website when the script has run to completion. Just paste the link
back in your reply.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> ---Michael
All the best, and hoping to get your sounds working.
Nigel.
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