I'm trying to get my new install of Debian Lenny functional, but the lack of audio output is a major stumbling block. My previous experience is with SimplyMEPIS, Kubuntu, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint, all of which (I think) played sound out of the box.
The machine is a laptop -- currently in a docking station, though audio is equally absent when it's free standing. MEPIS 8.0 is currently operating with sound on another partition of the same machine. Here are a few things that may help diagnosis.
Output of
lspci:
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M (rev a1)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. Cardbus bridge (rev 21)
03:01.4 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Firewire (IEEE 1394) (rev 02)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Output (partial) of
lshw:
Code:
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
Output of
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --sound:
Code:
27: PCI 1b.0: 0403 Audio device
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_284b
Unique ID: u1Nb.bHIrUAw8+c5
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1b.0
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x284b "82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
SubDevice: pci 0x01fe
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "HDA Intel"
Driver Modules: "snd_hda_intel"
Memory Range: 0xfebfc000-0xfebfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 21 (65267 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d0000284Bsv00001028sd000001FEbc04sc03i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: snd_hda_intel is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_hda_intel"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Output of
lsmod | grep snd:
Code:
snd_hda_intel 436440 4
snd_pcm_oss 41760 0
snd_mixer_oss 18816 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 81672 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 7428 0
snd_seq_oss 33280 0
snd_seq_midi 11072 0
snd_rawmidi 26784 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 11904 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 54304 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 25744 3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 11668 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 63688 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12064 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 13072 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
Output of cat
/proc/asound/version:
Code:
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.16.
I have run
alsaconf and re-booted since then. Based on a suggestion
here I have installed libesd-alsa0 and re-booted. I have also run
alsamixer and made sure the sound is not muted on Master, PCM, or Front. Still no sound.
I get the impression from the ALSA site (
http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...x:Vendor-Intel) that my sound card (ICH8 family) isn't supported. Is that right? If so, how can I get and install a driver?
If not... what suggestions do you have?
Solved! (Wrong devices chosen)
