which sound module for an intel 82801H sound controller?

[andy baxter]

Bram Kuijper wrote:
>> try snd-intel8x0 - this (I think) is a generic module for all soundcards 
>> that use the ac'97 bus, usually used by onboard soundcards. It will also 
>> load snd-ac97-codec.
>>     
>
> tried loading snd-intel8x0, but still no sound.
>
> My lsmod is now saying:
> snd_intel8x0           34972  0
> snd_ac97_codec        100260  1 snd_intel8x0
> ac97_bus                3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss            44544  0
> snd_mixer_oss          17664  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                80388  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy           4740  0
> snd_seq_oss            33152  0
> snd_seq_midi            9600  0
> snd_rawmidi            25728  1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq                53104  6
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              24324  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          9228  5
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd                    54532  10
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> soundcore               8800  1 snd
> snd_page_alloc         11528  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
>
> I added the snd_intel8x0 module to /etc/modules and did do a reboot, but
> it does not seem to work, speaker-test is still giving errors:
> Error: No such device
> ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
> ALSA lib conf.c:3510:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer
> returned error: No such device
> ALSA lib conf.c:3982:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2144:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
> Playback open error: -19,No such device
>
> the sound-troubleshooting page on Ubuntu.com's help files,
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
> points me to the fact that I now should start thinking about compiling 
> my own alsadrivers, given that everything else failed....
>
> That seems very odd to me, since _before I installed virtualbox_ sound 
> was working, out of the box.
>
> any information would be appreciated,
> Bram
>
>   
If you open a terminal and type ls /dev/snd, with the ac97 driver 
loaded, what does it show?

My lspci looks like this:
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 
Audio Controller (rev 02)

This is almost the same chip, so I suspect that the problem isn't that 
you have the wrong driver but somewhere else.

andy.