cannot get sound to work at all, SUSE 10.1, ThinkPad a31 type 2652-M3U

asaturn · 11-14-2006, 02:56 PM

I recently installed SUSE Linux 10.1 on my IBM ThinkPad (a31 type 2652-M3U). as far as I know, its just a generic AC97 audio onboard... but no matter what I try, I can't get sound to work.

anyone have ideas?

thanks!

bigrigdriver · 11-14-2006, 03:35 PM

From a console, run 'hwinfo --sound'. It should identify the sound card, the driver needed, whether or not the driver is active, and the command to activate it if it is not active.

asaturn · 11-15-2006, 06:16 AM

umm...

bash: hwinfo: command not found

(but man hwinfo works...)

flkeysff · 11-19-2006, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asaturn

umm...

bash: hwinfo: command not found

(but man hwinfo works...)

at the command line type "su" then press enter (no quotes)
should ask for your root password. after this retype the command. Good luck

asaturn · 11-20-2006, 07:05 AM

19: PCI 1f.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
[Created at pci.300]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_2485
Unique ID: W60f.JRtZxTQ5IP1
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.5
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:1f.5
Hardware Class: sound
Model: "IBM ThinkPad T30"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x2485 "82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1014 "IBM"
SubDevice: pci 0x0508 "ThinkPad T30"
Revision: 0x02
Driver: "Intel ICH"
I/O Ports: 0x1c00-0x1cff (rw)
I/O Ports: 0x18c0-0x18ff (rw)
IRQ: 11 (177462 events)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002485sv00001014sd00000508bc04sc01i00"
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: i810_audio is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe i810_audio"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: snd_intel8x0 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe snd_intel8x0"
Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

asaturn · 11-20-2006, 07:10 AM

I don't know if this matters at all, but I have a Thinkpad A31, 2652-M3U
(NOT a T-series)

the sound acts as if its working, but I hear nothing.

it worked fine in windows xp when that was loaded.

adam_blackice · 11-20-2006, 09:10 AM

the same problem is here and with acer aspire 5601 and Suse linux enterprise Desktop and the sound is played well and ia cannot hear any thing

asaturn · 11-20-2006, 09:55 AM

what kind of hardware do you have?

mhansen · 11-20-2006, 10:25 AM

This link may be of interest. Many of the individuals in this discussion were able to fix the problem with an install of ALSA from scratch.

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/foru...read.php?t=286

Best of luck,
Mike