I am running Debian unstable. I can't get the sound to work, well, after a reboot anyway.
If I delete /var/lib/alsa/asound.state, close all sound apps, run alsaconf, then alsamixer, then alsactl store, sound will work just fine. When I reboot, I get errors about alsactl restore not working.
This is the beginning of the correct asound.state:
Code:
state.AudioPCI {
control.1 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Switch'
value true
}
control.2 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 63'
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
value.0 47
value.1 47
}
If I run alsamixer without running alsaconf first after a bootup, then asound.state starts like this:
Code:
state.AudioPCI {
control.1 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Boost (+20dB)'
value false
}
control.2 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 2
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 CD
comment.item.2 Video
comment.item.3 Aux
comment.item.4 Line
comment.item.5 Mix
comment.item.6 'Mix Mono'
comment.item.7 Phone
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Source'
value.0 Mic
value.1 Mic
}
As you can see, on bootup, some other module is loading and shows the wrong mixer controls. This is why the error comes up on bootup. However, the alsamixer shows the correct info on the top each time
Card: Ensoniq AudioPCI
Chip: Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4
Alsa is at 1.0.10, the onboard sound chip is disabled in the bios. Sound worked before in Debian. After getting a new HD, I reinstalled Sarge. Linux sound worked before, just not since the reinstall. Sound works fine in Windows XP as well.
lspci output:
Code:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)
0000:00:0b.0 Modem: PCTel Inc HSP MicroModem 56 (rev 02)
0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Barbara
