Hi guys,
I am using RH 8 and have onboard audio. The chip is intel 845 GL. and i am not getting any sound. When i login to the system it says, failed to initialize device no such device as /dev/dsp0....
Then i tried sound card detection, it gives me the following
Vendor: intel corp
model: 82801DB AC
module: i810_audio

if i click on play test sound i dont hear any thing. i keep my speakers in full volume... and there is no volume control button...

then i read some of the posts here, so i downloaded ALSA drivers alsa-driver-0.9.2 from the alsa-org website. and installed those drivers. IT took a looong time to install. and finally it finished an i thought i would be able to listen to some music but again in vain

Then i logged in as root and tried lspci and i got this
[root@localhost root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)


then i did modprobe i810* and i got this

[root@localhost root]# modprobe i810*
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810_rng.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810_rng.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810_rng.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810-tco.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810-tco.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/char/i810-tco.o failed


then i also tried chmod 666 dsp*

But all efforts in vain...

Did i miss anything important here??? Please let me know guys, cause i am a newbie in linux and have no idea... I totally depend on ur advices...

Thanks,
Vijay Venkatesh

What does
modprobe i810_audio
give you?

Cheers,
Tink

Hi, This is what modprobe i810_audio gives me...

[root@localhost root]# modprobe i810_audio
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: insmod i810_audio failed

Hi , and this is what insmod i810_audio gives me.

[root@localhost root]# insmod i810_audio
Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: unresolved symbol ac97_probe_codec_R84601c2b
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: unresolved symbol ac97_set_adc_rate_R5307368c
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o: unresolved symbol ac97_set_dac_rate_R42924aaa

Looks like an upcoming kernel
recompile to me :}

Cheers,
Tink

Hi Tink,
Thanks for the replies.
Sorry for asking stupid questions, but u have to bear with me... bcos i am a total newbie to linux. Can u please tell me what do u mean by a kernel recompile? Does that me i have to reinstall RH8?

Thanks again,
Vijay

No, it doesn't :)

Have a good read on The Linux Documentation Project.

That just means that the modules that are installed
are mismatched. What you'll have to do is
described in the Howto from the link above.

Good luck, if something is unclear in the
Howto just call back in :)

Cheers,
Tink