No sound in Slackware 12.0 on Toshiba Equium L30

Nielssonnich · 11-10-2007, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by evilDagmar

Intel HDA sound chipsets are kinda doomed unless you're using a very recent version of ALSA (or a very recent kernel which brings ALSA modules with it of course). The most chronic (and obvious) problem is the driver fails to route sound in through or out from the correct hardware ports.

Case in point, even the kernel shipped with Slackware 12.0 isn't new enough to handle the Intel HDA on my Sony VAIO correctly. I had to upgrade to the last 2.6.22.x kernel in order to sort it out.

So I just have to upgrade the kernel? Hm.. Do I just download from http://kernel.org/ and compile it like anything else? I have never upgraded the kernel before... :-/

evilDagmar · 11-10-2007, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Nielssonnich

So I just have to upgrade the kernel? Hm.. Do I just download from http://kernel.org/ and compile it like anything else? I have never upgraded the kernel before... :-/

If you've never done it before then you should probably do some Googling or solicit help from some folks in ##Slackware. The Slackbook is a bit vague where it comes to building a 2.6.x kernel.

Note that this is not guaranteed to fix the problem, but it will do what can be done. Not all Intel HDA chipsets are properly or 100% supported yet, contrary to what Intel would like people to think.

dreyfuss · 11-21-2007, 01:27 PM

Pls post your /etc/modprobe.d/sound

Nielssonnich · 11-21-2007, 02:01 PM

/etc/modprobe.d/sound:

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alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel

Alien_Hominid · 11-21-2007, 02:27 PM

Add this:

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=toshiba

It should work.

evilDagmar · 11-21-2007, 05:25 PM

I dearly hope that works. Intel HDA is definitely a mess.

For a giggle, go to ALSA's site and check the changelog for 1.0.14-1.0.15. Admire the colossal nature of the list of changes for Intel HDA alone.

dreyfuss · 11-22-2007, 01:14 AM

I had the same problem on my Toshiba Equium.
Delete the last row in your /etc/modprobe.d/sound and add this one:

Code:

options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 model=3stack

Then save the file,restart your pc and raise the sound levels.

Nielssonnich · 11-24-2007, 08:12 AM

Sorry.. But I didn't see your posts...

I tried to change from ALSA to OSS, and that works (like in Ubuntu feisty), so right now I am pretty happy... It's just the headset that doesn't work, but I can live with that.

dreyfuss> Does it work with both the built-in speakers and a headset?

dreyfuss · 11-25-2007, 04:07 AM

Nielssonnich,it works with the speakers.I don't have the headset,sorry.

Alien_Hominid · 11-25-2007, 04:51 PM

Worked both with speakers and headphones at my friends laptop running Ubuntu. However, to hear sound in headphones you need to disable speakers (mute software volume control).

evilDagmar · 11-28-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

Worked both with speakers and headphones at my friends laptop running Ubuntu. However, to hear sound in headphones you need to disable speakers (mute software volume control).

I miss the days when this switching was done with a shunting headphone jack. *sigh*

onebuck · 11-28-2007, 06:47 AM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by evilDagmar

I miss the days when this switching was done with a shunting headphone jack. *sigh*

Progress?

Alien_Hominid · 11-28-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by evilDagmar

I miss the days when this switching was done with a shunting headphone jack. *sigh*

How was it done? That shunting? It still isn't normal, cause speakers should be disabled automatically.