Integration of Module for SiS Sound Controller needed

Rick Rocker debian_noob at web.de
Wed Nov 9 10:45:23 UTC 2005



As there was a request to post my problem 
here I do it right now:
 
> Contents of this Mail
> 1) Problems with Sound
> 2) Help Request
> 3) Problem Documentation
> 
> **************************
> 1) Problems with Sound
> **************************
> 
> Last night I installed Kubuntu. And again
> I have no sound output. 
> 
> Sound never worked with any release of Ubuntu
> til today, unfortunately.
> 
> This will be of interest for you - Ubuntu Developers -
> because I work with a PC of Siemens-Fujitsu Model Scaleo T.
> I think there are many PCs of this model out there and they
> all will have problems with sound output on Ubuntu.
> 
> This PC has a SiS Sound Controller on the mainboard and Ubuntu
> fails to load the right modules for it. Below I included
> the "dmesg|grep audio" , "lspci" and "lsmod" outputs on Kubuntu
> - which i installed last night- and on Knoppix which gives me a
> working sound. Interestingly a "normal" install of Sarge with X+KDE 
> gives also a working sound.
> 
> Maybe you can look forward to include modules for this Soundchip
> in the future releases of Ubuntu.
> 
> But otherwise: Great work!Kudos!
> 
> ***************************
> 2) Help Request
> ***************************
> What can I do to make my Kubuntu load the modules Knoppix loads
> so that I get a working sound?
> 
> 
> ***************************
> 3) Problem Documentation
> ***************************
> the "dmesg|grep audio" output on Knoppix:
> i810_audio: Codec not ready.. wait.. no response.
> i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels.
> i810_audio: Defaulting to base 2 channel mode.
> i810_audio: Resetting connection 0
> i810_audio: Primary codec not ready.
> i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 6
> 
> the "dmesg|grep audio" output on Kubuntu:
> 
> (Yes this is a empty output.)
> 
> the "lspci" on Knoppix:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 645xx (rev 51)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
> 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
> 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 0000:00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0180 (rev 01)
> 0000:00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev 61)
> 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:00:14.0 Modem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem (rev 04)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
> 
> the "lspci" on Kubuntu:
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 645xx (rev 51)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
> 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36)
> 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01)
> 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 0000:00:05.0 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0180 (rev 01)
> 0000:00:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev 61)
> 0000:00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 0000:00:14.0 Modem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem (rev 04)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
> 
> 
> the "lsmod" on Knoppix:
> Module                  Size  Used by
> snd_mixer_oss          18304  0
> snd                    46820  1 snd_mixer_oss
> sworks_agp             10912  0
> sis_agp                 9988  1
> intel_agp              22300  0
> ati_agp                10380  0
> amd64_agp              13640  0
> ali_agp                 9216  0
> autofs4                19076  1
> af_packet              24328  0
> reiserfs              231024  0
> ext3                  123912  1
> jbd                    65572  1 ext3
> ntfs                  163600  0
> agpgart                31440  6 sworks_agp,sis_agp,intel_agp,ati_agp,amd64_agp,ali_agp
> i810_audio             36116  1
> ac97_codec             20236  1 i810_audio
> soundcore              11104  3 snd,i810_audio
> sis900                 21760  0
> 8139too                25600  0
> mii                     8320  2 sis900,8139too
> parport_pc             38724  0
> parport                33480  1 parport_pc
> 8250                   42844  0
> serial_core            21120  1 8250
> usbhid                 42464  0
> pcmcia                 23696  0
> yenta_socket           22152  0
> rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            43268  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> video                  18308  0
> thermal                14984  0
> processor              24520  1 thermal
> fan                     7300  0
> container               7296  0
> button                  9104  0
> battery                12420  0
> ac                      7556  0
> rtc                    13900  0
> unionfs                68088  1
> cloop                  19232  1
> sbp2                   24584  0
> ohci1394               33460  0
> ieee1394              297432  2 sbp2,ohci1394
> usb_storage            68544  0
> ohci_hcd               21764  0
> uhci_hcd               31632  0
> usbcore               102492  5 usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd
> 
> the "lsmod" of Kubuntu:
> Module                  Size  Used by
> rfcomm                 34972  0
> l2cap                  22404  5 rfcomm
> bluetooth              43012  4 rfcomm,l2cap
> speedstep_lib           4228  0
> cpufreq_userspace       4444  0
> cpufreq_stats           5124  0
> freq_table              4484  1 cpufreq_stats
> cpufreq_powersave       1920  0
> cpufreq_ondemand        5916  0
> cpufreq_conservative     6820  0
> video                  16004  0
> tc1100_wmi              6916  0
> sony_acpi               5516  0
> pcc_acpi               11392  0
> hotkey                  9508  0
> dev_acpi               11396  0
> i2c_acpi_ec             5760  0
> i2c_core               19728  1 i2c_acpi_ec
> button                  6672  0
> battery                 9604  0
> container               4608  0
> ac                      4996  0
> ipv6                  217408  6
> af_packet              20232  2
> floppy                 52692  0
> pcspkr                  3652  0
> rtc                    11832  0
> ohci1394               30644  0
> snd_intel8x0           30144  0
> snd_ac97_codec         72188  1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm_oss            46368  0
> snd_mixer_oss          16128  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                78344  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer              21764  1 snd_pcm
> snd                    48644  6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore               9184  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         10120  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> shpchp                 80612  0
> pci_hotplug            24628  1 shpchp
> sis_agp                 8452  1
> agpgart                32328  1 sis_agp
> reiserfs              217200  1
> dm_mod                 50364  1
> tsdev                   7616  0
> evdev                   9088  0
> sr_mod                 15652  0
> sbp2                   21128  0
> ieee1394               90936  2 ohci1394,sbp2
> psmouse                26116  0
> mousedev               10912  1
> parport_pc             31812  1
> lp                     11460  0
> parport                32072  2 parport_pc,lp
> md                     40656  0
> ext3                  115976  4
> jbd                    48536  1 ext3
> thermal                13192  0
> processor              23100  1 thermal
> fan                     4740  0
> 8139too                23552  0
> 8139cp                 18432  0
> sis900                 19456  0
> mii                     5248  3 8139too,8139cp,sis900
> ehci_hcd               29448  0
> ohci_hcd               18564  0
> usbcore               104188  3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> ide_cd                 36996  0
> cdrom                  33952  2 sr_mod,ide_cd
> ide_disk               16128  7
> ide_generic             1664  0
> sata_sis                7552  0
> libata                 47876  1 sata_sis
> scsi_mod              124872  3 sr_mod,sbp2,libata
> sis5513                14472  1
> ide_core              125268  4 ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,sis5513
> unix                   24624  246
> vesafb                  8088  0
> capability              5000  0
> commoncap               6784  1 capability
> vga16fb                12232  1
> vgastate                8320  1 vga16fb
> softcursor              2432  2 vesafb,vga16fb
> cfbimgblt               2944  2 vesafb,vga16fb
> cfbfillrect             3840  2 vesafb,vga16fb
> cfbcopyarea             4480  2 vesafb,vga16fb
> fbcon                  34176  72
> tileblit                2560  1 fbcon
> font                    8448  1 fbcon
> bitblit                 5248  1 fbcon
> 
> your humble
> debian_noob


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