CentOS 7 with SB Audigy FX - No Sound
Good Day All,
I am running CentOS 7 on an IBM x3550 m2 with an SB Audigy FX PCIe card that uses the Realtek ALC898 chipset. The system "sees" the card as does the ALSA tools, etc.; however, there is no sound. I have been researching this for weeks to no avail. I noticed that there are no definitions within any ".conf" file in the /usr/share/alsa/cards directory to support the ALC898 chipset. I am considering the purchase of an ASUS Xonar DX card that has the AV100 chipset which is defined in the CMI8788.conf file. Has anyone had luck with this card? Any advice would be certainly appreciated! Regards, Russell |
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Welcome to the forum :) Not sure I can help here but out of curiosity, please post the results of the following commands... Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -i -A7 audio Code:
lsmod | grep snd Code:
aplay -l Code:
dmesg Code:
dmesg | grep -iC 3 "snd" Regards... |
Hi Ardvark71,
Thank you so much for your reply! Sorry, it took me this long to reply. I will get all the information you requested and post it here. Thanks and regards, Russell |
Hello again Ardvark71,
Here is the audio-card information you originally requested. I hope this helps you and hopefully, my "sound" issue can be resolved. :) As you can see below, the OS "sees" the audio card; but, I do not hear anything through the speakers or headphones. At the very end of this post is the text output on the terminal from the "aplay" and the "play" commands. Once again, thank you so much for replying to my original post and thank you in advance for looking at this post! :) Regards, Russell [pika@yeti ~]$ cat audio-info-for-ardvark71.txt Fri Jun 24 17:15:20 EDT 2016 [pika@yeti ~]$ uname -a Linux yeti 3.10.0-327.13.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Mar 31 16:04:38 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [pika@yeti ~]$ cat /etc/centos-release CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) [pika@yeti ~]$ lspci -nnk | grep -i -A7 audio 15:00.0 Audio device [0403]: Creative Labs SB Recon3D [1102:0012] (rev 01) Subsystem: Creative Labs Device [1102:0010] Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 1a:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Fresco Logic FL1100 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1b73:1100] (rev 10) Subsystem: Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Device [16b8:5603] Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd fe:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon 5500/Core i7 QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers [8086:2c40] (rev 05) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:8086] [pika@yeti ~]$ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_codec_realtek 80757 1 snd_hda_codec_generic 74126 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel 35779 4 snd_hda_codec 137386 3 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel snd_hda_core 57760 4 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13608 1 snd_hda_codec snd_seq 66691 0 snd_seq_device 14356 1 snd_seq snd_pcm 105835 3 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_core snd_timer 29639 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd 83425 17 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hd a_intel,snd_seq_device soundcore 15047 1 snd [pika@yeti ~]$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Creative [HDA Creative], device 0: ALC898 Analog [ALC898 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 [pika@yeti ~]$ dmesg | grep -iC 3 "snd" <no output> note: I tried "sound", "audio", etc. and other arguments to the grep command. ASCII Screenshots of "alsamixer" lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq AlsaMixer v1.0.28 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk x Card: HDA Creative F1: Help x x Chip: Realtek ALC898 F2: System information x x View: F3:[Playback] F4: Capture F5: All F6: Select sound card x x Item: Master [dB gain: -19.50] Esc: Exit x x x x x x x x x x lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x xaax xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax xaax x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax xaax x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax xaax x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax xaax x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x x x x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x x x → x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax → x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax → x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax → x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax x x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax x x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax x x xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x xaax xaax xaax x x x x xaax x x tqqu tqqu mqqj tqqu tqqu mqqj tqqu tqqu tqqu tqqu mqqj tqqu x x xOOx xMMx xOOx xOOx xOOx xOOx xOOx xMMx xOOx x x mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj mqqj x x 43 0<>0 100<>100 97<>97 70<>70 0<>0 97<>97 100 100 0<>0 0<>0 37<>37 x x< Master >Headphon PCM Front Front Mi Front Mi Surround Center LFE Line Line Boo Beep x x x x x x x x x mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqqqj lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq AlsaMixer v1.0.28 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk x Card: HDA Creative F1: Help x x Chip: Realtek ALC898 F2: System information x x View: F3: Playback F4:[Capture] F5: All F6: Select sound card x x Item: Front Mic Boost [dB gain: 0.00, 0.00] Esc: Exit x x x x x x x x x x x x lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk lqqk x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x x x x x xaax x x x x x x x x mqqj mqqj LmqqjR mqqj mqqj Front Mic Front Mic Front Mic mqqj x x CAPTURE ------- ------- x x 0<>0 0<>0 100<>100 0<>0 0<>0 0<>0 x x<Front Mic B>Line Boost Capture Capture 1 Capture 2 Input Sourc Input Sourc Input Sourc Rear Mic Bo x x x x x x x x x mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqqqj [pika@yeti alsa]$ aplay Noise.wav Playing WAVE 'Noise.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono [pika@yeti alsa]$ play Noise.wav Noise.wav: File Size: 135k Bit Rate: 768k Encoding: Signed PCM Channels: 1 @ 16-bit Samplerate: 48000Hz Replaygain: off Duration: 00:00:01.41 In:100% 00:00:01.41 [00:00:00.00] Out:67.6k [ -=|=- ] Clip:0 Done. |
Hi Russell...
Thank you for your reports and for going above and beyond, however, I'm not good at reading ASCII. Would you upload a screenshot (or image) of what you see from this command... Code:
alsamixer Code:
dmesg | grep -iC 3 "snd_hda_intel" |
Actually, amixer produces full output. Please use code tags when pasting.
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Hi Emerson and Ardvark71,
Thanks again! I am working on the screenshots (using "gimp" create screenshot). They create an image file with a ".xcf" extension. There are 3 screenshots--can I upload those directly or should I "zip" them and upload the zip file? Also, I'm not sure what you mean by using "code tags when pasting" and by "system - no", "pulseaudo - no". Please advise. The dmesg | grep -iC 3 "snd_hda_intel" command produced no output. Thank you again Ardvark71 and Emerson! This means a lot to me and I really appreciate your time and effort in trying to help me! Best regards, Russell |
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I'm sorry, in terms of uploading them directly using the "Attach Files" feature, none of those options will work. These are the only file formats accepted: gif jpeg jpg log pdf png txt. You should be able to use the "printscreen" (or "Prt Sc") button on your keyboard to create a screenshot. You might need to use one or two other keys in conjunction, such as "Ctrl." There also might be another program that you can use to do this mentioned in post #2 here. Another option would be to create an account at a free image hosting site, such as flickr or imgup, if you don't already have one and then upload the screenshots there and post a link to the shots. You would just need to make sure the file format you want to use, such as .xcf, is supported on the site. :) Quote:
You will then something close to this: [ CODE ] [ /CODE ] Put the results of the commands between those two. ;) Quote:
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Regards... |
It is possible something is muted or tuned down, that's why I recommended looking at amixer output. You can paste it here, using code tags, as I did.
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Simple mixer control 'Master',0 |
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Yes, that was a thought I had, too. It's easier for me to see the actual image in this case, hence my suggestion of "alsamixer." ;) Regards... |
With alsamixer you can be never sure all mixers are on the screen, if there is more than fits the screen one needs to scroll right with arrow key, a still image won't be good any more. :p You need a video for that.
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CentOS 7 with SB Audigy FX - No Sound
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Hello and Good Day Ardvark71 and Emerson!
Here is more output and my attached screenshots that I converted to "jpg" files. This is so confusing to me. The system "sees" the card and the chipset: Card: HDA Creative, Chip: Realtek ALC898 Note: when testing, I moved the sliders up for headphones, etc. -- still, no sound. amixer output Code:
[pika@yeti ~]$ amixer So, if you think there is any value to this approach, I can reboot and test again. If not, I will comment out the "options" line. Code:
[pika@yeti ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel.conf All the best, Russell p.s. I'm starting to get the hang of how to post things properly. Thanks for your patience and grace! This is an awesome site! |
Hi Russell...
You're welcome! Assuming there is nothing I missed from your reports, which looked ok to me... After a bit of research, it appears there are issues with your card and few others in that line. There has been a patch released but, from what I understand, you will need to recompile your kernel to include the patch. That I can't help you with, that's a bit beyond my knowledge and ability. ;) However, if you want to give it ago, please see these threads for more information and the patch... https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109191 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachme...31&action=diff http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=741501 I can't guarantee it will resolve the issue but if you know how to do this kind of work, it might be worth a shot. However, if not and/or the potential loss of your current copy of CentOS is not feasible, then you might want to give the ASUS Xonar DX (that you mentioned in your first post) or another card a try. Hope this helps. Let us know how it goes. :) Regards... |
CentOS 7 with SB Audigy FX - No Sound
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Hi Ardvark71 and Good Day to you and Emerson! :)
I certainly appreciate everything that you and Emerson have done in trying to help me out! In your last response, you mentioned that maybe I should give the ASUS Xonar DX or another card a try. That's just what I was thinking of doing--rather than rebuilding the kernel--and here's what I discovered: The Xonar DX uses the AV100 (CMedia Oxygen HD chipset) that is defined in the "aliases.conf" and the "CMI8788.conf" files under the /usr/share/alsa/cards subdirectory. Note: My current SB Audigy card with the ALC898 chipset is not defined in any of the "conf" files as shown below by "grep"--this may be the problem. Link to the ALSA Vendor Matrix for ASSUS: http://www.alsa-project.org/main/ind...ix:Vendor-Asus <--- verified that the Xonar DX is supported by ALSA :) Code:
[pika@yeti cards]$ pwd Please see the attached "Auxiliary Power for PCIe" and the "ASUS Xonar DX PCIe Sound Card" images. Code:
The system is an IBM x3550 m2 that has an 8-pin molex connector on the system board to support an optional video card. I have been trying to find a card that is known to work with CentOS 7.x that would be plug-and-play. If you know of such a sound card, a low-profile PCIe card, especially one that *does not* require auxiliary power, please let me know :) With much appreciation and best regards, Russell p.s. God Bless you and Emerson! :) |
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