which sound module for an intel 82801H sound controller?

[Bram Kuijper]

thanks for the help, I think indeed there is something else wrong than 
just the snd_intel8x0 module, because loading and unloading the 
snd_intel8x0 module does not make a difference

> Also, try unloading and reloading the module, then do dmesg and see if 
> there are any messages about the sound card at the end of the output.

$ sudo modprobe -r snd_intel8x0
$ dmesg | tail
[   84.607729] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   84.607731] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[   89.442148] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   89.447303] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 17
[   89.447348] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[  218.230665] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[  219.643152] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full 
Duplex, Flow Control: RX
[  219.643157] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[  219.645449] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[  230.100988] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

reload the module:
$ sudo modprobe snd_intel8x0
$ dmesg | tail
[   84.607729] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   84.607731] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
[   89.442148] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[   89.447303] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, 
low) -> IRQ 17
[   89.447348] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[  218.230665] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[  219.643152] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full 
Duplex, Flow Control: RX
[  219.643157] e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[  219.645449] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[  230.100988] eth0: no IPv6 routers present

no change...

> If you open a terminal and type ls /dev/snd, with the ac97 driver 
> loaded, what does it show?

$ ls -alnh /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 0  0     80 2008-01-21 16:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 0  0    14K 2008-01-21 16:38 ..
crw-rw----  1 0 29 116, 3 2008-01-21 16:37 seq
crw-rw----  1 0 29 116, 2 2008-01-21 16:37 timer


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

my lspci -v looks like this:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio 
Controller (rev 02)
         Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 2008
         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
         Memory at 90320000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
         Capabilities: <access denied>

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

I think so too, any information where to look would be great.

thanks a lot,
Bram