no sound on laptop...gateway 3018gz

kaoscoded · 09-20-2011, 10:56 AM

booting lucid puppy 525 from memory stick...everythings works great except there is no sound...puppy recognizes the card...

alsa-base.conf:

# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7

# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }
#
# Workaround at bug #499695 (reverted in Ubuntu see LP #319505)
install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-oss ; : ; }
#
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver modules
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-emu10k1-synth ; }
install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq ; }

# Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it anyway)
install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134 $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist saa7134-alsa ; : ; }
# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options saa7134-alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
options snd-usb-audio index=-2
options snd-usb-us122l index=-2
options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
# Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
# Keep snd-pcsp from being loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd-ICH4-intel model=generic

the last line was added as a potential workaround but with no success...no sound though speakers...no sound through headphones...please help

k

Peacedog · 09-20-2011, 09:37 PM

Hi kaoscoded, Welcome to LQ. Please open a terminal post the results of the following.

Code:

$ sudo lspci -v | grep -i audio
$ sudo lsmod
$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
$ cat /proc/asound/version

Good luck. ;-)

kaoscoded · 09-21-2011, 12:49 PM

thanks peacedog...here is what came up:

# lspci -v grep -i audio
Usage: lspci [<switches>]

Basic display modes:
-mm Produce machine-readable output (single -m for an obsolete format)
-t Show bus tree

Display options:
-v Be verbose (-vv for very verbose)
-k Show kernel drivers handling each device
-x Show hex-dump of the standard part of the config space
-xxx Show hex-dump of the whole config space (dangerous; root only)
-xxxx Show hex-dump of the 4096-byte extended config space (root only)
-b Bus-centric view (addresses and IRQ's as seen by the bus)
-D Always show domain numbers

Resolving of device ID's to names:
-n Show numeric ID's
-nn Show both textual and numeric ID's (names & numbers)
-q Query the PCI ID database for unknown ID's via DNS
-qq As above, but re-query locally cached entries
-Q Query the PCI ID database for all ID's via DNS

Selection of devices:
-s [[[[<domain>]:]<bus>]:][<slot>][.[<func>]] Show only devices in selected slots
-d [<vendor>]:[<device>] Show only devices with specified ID's

Other options:
-i <file> Use specified ID database instead of audio
-p <file> Look up kernel modules in a given file instead of default modules.pcimap
-M Enable `bus mapping' mode (dangerous; root only)

PCI access options:
-A <method> Use the specified PCI access method (see `-A help' for a list)
-O <par>=<val> Set PCI access parameter (see `-O help' for a list)
-G Enable PCI access debugging
-H <mode> Use direct hardware access (<mode> = 1 or 2)
-F <file> Read PCI configuration dump from a given file
#

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
aes_generic 25730 1
i915 183740 2
drm_kms_helper 17823 1 i915
drm 106327 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 3539 1 i915
iptable_mangle 1189 0
iptable_nat 2666 0
nf_nat 10083 1 iptable_nat
ipt_REJECT 1485 1
nf_conntrack_ftp 4020 0
nf_conntrack_irc 2359 0
iptable_filter 958 1
xt_state 895 4
nf_conntrack_ipv4 7063 7 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 36999 6 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_irc,xt_state,nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4 755 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables 7321 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
fan 2478 0
arc4 962 2
ecb 1377 2
b43 133615 0
mac80211 99898 1 b43
snd_intel8x0 19143 0
cfg80211 90319 2 b43,mac80211
led_class 1733 1 b43
snd_intel8x0m 7948 5
snd_ac97_codec 75789 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
ac97_bus 686 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 26845 0
snd_mixer_oss 9963 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 45385 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 907 0
snd_seq_oss 18888 0
snd_seq_midi 3156 0
snd_rawmidi 11924 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 3592 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 32379 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 11986 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 3601 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 30859 19 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi, snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 3403 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 4645 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
ohci1394 20716 0
b44 19033 0
mii 2650 1 b44
serio_raw 2928 0
ieee1394 50116 1 ohci1394
fbcon 27736 69
tileblit 1509 1 fbcon
font 6916 1 fbcon
bitblit 3514 1 fbcon
pcspkr 1179 0
softcursor 805 1 bitblit
i2c_i801 6146 0
i2c_core 11497 5 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
shpchp 21148 0
pci_hotplug 18286 1 shpchp
intel_agp 19189 1
agpgart 18904 2 drm,intel_agp
battery 7164 0
thermal 9263 0
video 14642 1 i915
output 1120 1 video
evdev 5517 1
processor 24987 1
button 3522 1 i915
ac 2143 0
fuse 42549 0
aufs 110466 1
nls_iso8859_1 2937 1
nls_cp437 4465 1
usbhid 18009 0
usb_storage 29717 1
squashfs 15984 1
tifm_sd 6062 0
mmc_block 5921 0
mmc_core 34632 2 tifm_sd,mmc_block
ssb 29373 2 b43,b44
tifm_7xx1 2914 0
tifm_core 3100 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
uhci_hcd 15444 0
ehci_hcd 25830 0
usbcore 91279 5 usbhid,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
yenta_socket 16079 1
rsrc_nonstatic 6693 1 yenta_socket
#

# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* grep Codec
cat: /proc/asound/card0/codec#*: No such file or directory
cat: grep: No such file or directory
cat: Codec: No such file or directory
#

# cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
#

these are the results...hope i didn't do something wrong but the third command line you had me type comes up with an error...thanks for the help

k

sorry, here's lcpci -v:
# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at <unassigned> (32-bit, prefetchable)
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information <?>
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
Kernel driver in use: i915

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: fast devsel
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e0080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at e0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=0080
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=06, sec-latency=216
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: e0200000-e02fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-53ffffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 1810 [size=16]
Memory at 54000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
Memory at e0100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at e0100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 2030
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

02:07.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 19
Memory at e020b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 50000000-53fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 58000000-5bfff000
I/O window 0: 00003000-000030ff
I/O window 1: 00003400-000034ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket

02:07.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
Memory at e020a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Memory at e0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: ohci1394

02:07.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 57, IRQ 19
Memory at e0204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: tifm_7xx1
Kernel modules: tifm_7xx1

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at e0206000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: b44
Kernel modules: b44

02:09.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Device 17f9:0002
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at e0208000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Kernel modules: ssb

#

just realized the error...

kaoscoded · 09-21-2011, 02:06 PM

ok...after some digging around i came across this post:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...5/#post3393656

the fix used was to go to alsamixer and find external and mute it...this worked in that i can now hear audio through the headphones...yay

however, still no audio through the speakers...still need help for that

k

Peacedog · 09-21-2011, 08:47 PM

Please post the result from the following.

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec

Copy and paste it if need be, grep needs to be piped with the | character.

Good luck. ;-)

kaoscoded · 09-21-2011, 08:59 PM

ok...copy and pasted...this is what i got:

# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
cat: /proc/asound/card0/codec#*: No such file or directory
#

???

k

Peacedog · 09-22-2011, 09:51 PM

Try this please.

Code:

cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#*

Good luck. ;-)

kaoscoded · 09-23-2011, 02:34 PM

um...isn't that the same command line without the grep? so i copy and pasted again:

# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#*
cat: /proc/asound/card0/codec#*: No such file or directory
#

the same response as last time mate...

k

Peacedog · 09-26-2011, 04:35 PM

Sorry I didn't get back to this sooner.

Actually that is the same command w/out the grep, but it should have produced a bit more information as grep isolates a specific item. It didn't produce anything so lets try this.

Code:

$ ls -la /proc/asound/card0

Good luck. ;-)

kaoscoded · 09-26-2011, 04:41 PM

no worries...just glad for the help...copy and pasted:

# ls -la /proc/asound/card0
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 .
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 ..
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 codec97#0
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 id
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 intel8x0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 oss_mixer
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm0c
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm0p
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm1c
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm2c
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm3c
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 2011-09-26 16:39 pcm4p
#

hope this helps...

k

Peacedog · 09-26-2011, 09:25 PM

Okay, what mixer options/channels do you have available? Have you tried more than one mixer? Do you have these two channels?

external amplifier

line jack sense

Good luck. ;-)

kaoscoded · 09-26-2011, 10:37 PM

ok...in my 3rd post i stated that i found a way to get audio through headphones...so yes, i used alsamixer to mute the external amp and then i got audio through the headphones...i have also used the line jack sense in both on and off mode...made no difference...any other thoughts?

k

Karl Godt · 09-27-2011, 05:09 AM

Quote:

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 203e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=64]
Memory at e0100c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Memory at e0100800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Rioworks Device 2030
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 2400 [size=256]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Modem
Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0m

Normally there is an entry in /etc/rc.d/MODULESCONFIG
like

Code:

#PREFLIST: sometimes there are two hits, that is, two modules match the same
#'modalias' (that is, they are both claiming the same hardware). In such a case,
#here we can specify a preference. Each entry here is of the form
#'module1:module2' where module2 is the preferred choice.
#note, list needs a space char at beginning and at end.
#w471 removed: ath5k:ath_pci martian_dev:ltserial r8169:r8101
PREFLIST=' rtl8180:r8180 rtl8187:r8187 rt2500usb:rt73usb orinoco_nortel:hostap_plx orinoco_plx:hostap_plx orinoco_tmd:hostap_plx orinoco_pci:hostap_pci bcm43xx:ssb prism54:p54pci '

on puppy4
and additionally

Code:

#v432 Preference extensions for conditional activation.
PREFHSFALSA=" hsfmc97ali:snd_ali5451 hsfmc97ati:snd_atiixp-modem hsfmc97ich:snd_intel8x0m hsfmc97via:snd_via82xx-modem "

on puppy5

The Bootmanager in the Menu>System can be used to edit the MODULESCONFIG file [ command-line-interface name 'bootmanager' ] .

I would try to use the blacklist button to blacklist the 'snd_intel8x0m' at boot and the preference list button to add 'snd_intel8x0m:snd_intel8x0' at the first new line there .
Note : the lsmod command translates '-' of the drivers real name to '_' and here at the bootmanager you have to do so , too . I had not have to use the preflist or the skiplist button but the addlist button .

The modules loading at boot is written to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit ; and in short rough words : udevd triggers /sbin/pup_event_backend_modprobe to check the MODULESCONFIG entries and finally do /sbin/modrobe a driver that is detected by the kernel who creates files for the bus|driver in the /sys directory . Creating files there does not automatically make the kernel loading the driver : rc.sysinit+udevd+pup_event_backend_modprobe+modprobe do load it . There are some other pup_event_backend_modprobe_* scripts in /sbin that may be used , too .

There may be also other drivers that are blocking something .

Useful commands are "rmmod" to remove a module manually and "alsactl --help" and "aplay -Ll" .

Grem41 · 09-27-2011, 09:03 AM

Completed a frugal install of Puppy 525 on my hard disk to share the ntfs windows partition.
Had ALSA run to select the soundcard as Intel 8x0 AC97 codec combo.

I googled the sound issue the nearest I came to a solution was using the ALSA mixer to ensure Master & PCM are not muted or the intel 8x0 (7012) is an issue.

Any further information you need me to report back I can easily do say typing into urxvt.
Thanks