Sound in Arch 0.6

ghight · 02-27-2004, 02:57 PM

I'm trying to install sound on my Dell c610 laptop. I started with an FTP install and everything is working quite well, except my sound and pcmcia cards. First thing first, I'd like to get sound up and running. Grepping /proc/pci gives me this:

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grep audio /proc/pci
Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 2).

I have loaded everything alsa related, set the permissions, and alsaconf adds the driver listing in /etc/modprobe.conf. Ran alsaconfig and it tells me that eveything is setup, but up at the top of the screen I get this:

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Loading driver...
/usr/sbin/alsaconf: line 619: rcalsasound: command not found
Setting default volumes...
Saving the mixer setup used for this in /etc/asound.state.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1061: No soundcards found...

When I try to run Kaffeine in XFCE4 (the only WM I have), I get this:

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kaffeine: Use audio driver auto
kaffeine: Use video driver auto
kaffeine: Init video driver
kaffeine: Init audio driver
audio_oss_out: opening audio device /dev/dsp failed:
No such file or directory
audio_esd_out: connecting to esd server...
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
audio_esd_out: can't connect to <default> ESD server: Connection refused

I am too confused as to how to fix this. How can I resolve these issues? I can provide any info needed. I want to learn how to get this working as switching to my old Fedora Core is no longer an option.

TIA

meldar · 02-27-2004, 04:00 PM

You need to load the right module into the kernel. I don't know which module you need for your sound card but I will guess something like snd-intel8x0

ghight · 02-27-2004, 04:35 PM

I can type:

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modprobe snd-intel8x0

And it loads fine without any errors. I'm using a 2.6 kernel. Could that be an issue? I'm thinking that the rcalsasound error could be important. Any feedback?

meldar · 02-27-2004, 05:37 PM

I looked on the alsaconf file. It searches for the alsasound initscript (rcalsasound) in /etc/init.d, /usr/sbin and /sbin. See if you have that file another place and copy it to one of the above places.

Try typing lsmod. What do you get? On my computer i get:

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...
snd-emu10k1            73028   2
snd-rawmidi            13504   0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-seq-device          4176   0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
snd-pcm                62020   0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1]
snd-timer              14500   0 [snd-pcm]
snd-util-mem            1408   0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-page-alloc          6068   0 [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec         42712   0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd-hwdep               4640   0 [snd-emu10k1]
snd                    32900   1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-pcm snd-timer snd-util-mem snd-ac97-codec snd-hwdep]
soundcore               3748   8 [snd]
...

If you get something similar, it should work now that you have inserted the module to the kernel. Try to unmute the card and see if the file /dev/dsp exist. Then you just have to add snd-intel8x0 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 or something in that sort.

ghight · 02-27-2004, 07:28 PM

Hmmm,...I don't have rcalsasound anywhere on my system. Where can I find this file on the net or what package was supposed to set it up? Thanks.

In response to 'lsmod' I get this:

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[ghight@intel1000 ghight]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_intel8x0           31272  0
snd_ac97_codec         61444  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm                92192  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_timer              23428  1 snd_pcm
gameport                4224  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_page_alloc          9860  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         7040  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi            21280  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          6920  1 snd_rawmidi
snd                    49124  7 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8160  1 snd
3c59x                  36136  0

...yet still no sound. /dev/dsp also doesn't exist! Should it when using DEVFS?

Here is the top of my alsamixer which concerns me:

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┌─────────────────────────────────────────[AlsaMixer v1.00 (Press Escape to quit)]─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Card: Intel 82801CA-ICH3                                                                                                 │
│ Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4205 rev 3,Silicon Laboratory Si3036/8 rev 1                                                        │
│ Item: Master [Off]

Why does Master say off even though I have the levels turn all the way up?

We are getting close, I can feel it. Thanks for you help!

ghight · 02-27-2004, 08:26 PM

DAMN!!!

A simple press of the 'M' in alsamixer and BAM!,...SOUND!!

Thanks for all your help.

ghight · 02-29-2004, 09:44 AM

Well, version 2 here. I turned off my machine for the night and now today everything KDE related says "can't init audio driver [auto]". XMMS and none KDE related stuff work great!

meldar · 02-29-2004, 04:39 PM

Ehm... Try to open kcontrol, and under "Sound System" select alsa or another system. Just a guess...