Hi,
i updated my FC4 to FC5 with yum, and after i have problem with audio.
My kernel is 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.

In /log/messages i found following:
Apr 8 14:24:09 pelikan kernel: cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.5 loaded
Apr 8 14:24:09 pelikan kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.1[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Apr 8 14:24:09 pelikan kernel: cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x boards
Apr 8 14:24:09 pelikan kernel: cannot find the slot for index 0 (range 0-0)
Apr 8 14:24:09 pelikan kernel: VIA 82xx Audio: probe of 0000:00:11.5 failed with error -12

I dont know what to do, is anybody who knows where is the problem?
Please help me.
Thx.

Additional informations:
------- System Config Soundcard --------
Sat Apr 8 13:06:02 CEST 2006

------- lspci --------
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

------- lsmod --------
Module Size Used by
appletalk 32109 2
ipx 25189 2
p8023 2241 1 ipx
ppdev 8645 0
autofs4 19013 3
hidp 15937 2
rfcomm 34517 0
l2cap 23617 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 44069 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 136573 1
nls_utf8 2241 4
ntfs 196500 4
dm_mirror 19985 0
dm_mod 50649 1 dm_mirror
video 14917 0
button 6609 0
battery 9285 0
ac 4933 0
ipv6 225569 18
lp 12296 0
parport_pc 25445 1
parport 34313 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
floppy 57733 0
nvram 8393 0
cx88_alsa 13129 2
snd_via82xx 26329 5
gameport 15177 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 83937 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2497 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 3781 0
snd_seq_oss 28993 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7105 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47153 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 45009 1
snd_mixer_oss 16449 5 snd_pcm_oss
tda9887 15185 0
snd_pcm 76869 4 cx88_alsa,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
tuner 46457 0
uhci_hcd 28881 0
cx8800 30541 0
ehci_hcd 29005 0
cx88xx 60133 2 cx88_alsa,cx8800
i2c_algo_bit 8393 1 cx88xx
ir_common 9413 1 cx88xx
via_ircc 19541 0
snd_mpu401_uart 7873 1 snd_via82xx
snd_timer 22597 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10441 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
video_buf 21317 3 cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx88xx
tveeprom 13905 1 cx88xx
compat_ioctl32 1473 1 cx8800
v4l1_compat 11973 1 cx8800
v4l2_common 7745 2 tuner,cx8800
videodev 9409 2 cx8800,cx88xx
via_rhine 22597 0
mii 5313 1 via_rhine
irda 105977 1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt 2240 1 irda
snd_rawmidi 24001 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8909 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
btcx_risc 4809 3 cx88_alsa,cx8800,cx88xx
i2c_viapro 8277 0
i2c_core 20673 6 tda9887,tuner,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_viapro
snd 50500 16 cx88_alsa,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu40 1_uart,snd_timer,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9377 6 snd
ext3 116169 1
jbd 52693 1 ext3

------- /etc/modprobe.conf --------
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-via82xx index=0
remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-via82xx
alias char-major-81 cx8800
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias eth0 via-rhine

------- /etc/asound.conf --------
#Generated by system-config-soundcard, do not edit by hand
#SWCONF
#DEV 0
defaults.pcm.card 0
defaults.pcm.device 0
defaults.ctl.card 0

------- aplay -l --------
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 0: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235]
Subdevices: 3/4
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: V8235 [VIA 8235], device 1: VIA 8235 [VIA 8235]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

------- amixer --------
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 13 [87%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 15
Mono: 13 [87%]
Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Down Mix',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'
Item0: 'Shared'
Simple mixer control 'Center',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 24 [77%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Center/LFE Down Mix',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 14 [45%] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Line',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 10 [32%] [off] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 10 [32%] [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'CD',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 30 [97%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 30 [97%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 22 [71%] [off]
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'
Item0: 'Mic1'
Simple mixer control 'Video',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono: Playback 22 [71%] [off]
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0
Capabilities: volume volume-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Capture channels: Mono
Limits: 0 - 3
Mono: 1 [33%]
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 15
Mono: Playback 1 [7%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Capture [off]
Front Right: Playback 14 [45%] [on] Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'
Item0: 'Mix'
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 15
Front Left: Capture 13 [87%] [on]
Front Right: Capture 13 [87%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [on]
Front Right: Capture [on]
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0
Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive
Capture exclusive group: 0
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Front Left: Capture [off]
Front Right: Capture [off]
Simple mixer control 'Analog to IEC958 Output',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'
Item0: '2ch'
Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Exchange Center/LFE',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'Input Source Select',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Input1' 'Input2'
Item0: 'Input1'
Simple mixer control 'Input Source Select',1
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Input1' 'Input2'
Item0: 'Input1'
Simple mixer control 'Swap Surround Slot',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [off]
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',1
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',2
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%]
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',3
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%]

------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11rc2 (Wed Jan 04 08:57:20 2006 UTC).

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.11-3.rc2.2

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.11-4.rc2

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
0 snd_via82xx
1 cx88_alsa

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-01: VIA 8235 : VIA 8235 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-00: VIA 8235 : VIA 8235 : playback 4 : capture 1
01-00: CX88 Digital : CX88 Digital : capture 1

------- system-config-soundcard --------

/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:273: DeprecationWarning: use gtk.ComboBox
self.primarySubDeviceOptionMenu = gtk.OptionMenu()
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:308: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.timeout_add is deprecated, use gobject.timeout_add instead
self.timer = gtk.timeout_add (100, self.checkStatus, self)
/usr/share/system-config-soundcard/soundcard.py:548: GtkDeprecationWarning: gtk.TRUE is deprecated, use True instead
gtk.main()
Read config:
card 0
device 0
HW 0
----------- Kudzu -------------
Desc: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
Driver: snd-via82xx
Device: None

I also had problems in Sound and followed instructions here to upgrade alsa Driver http://people.redhat.com/stransky/alsa/

Regards
Sharke

Hi,

Ran into similar problem - although mine was intermittent (sometimes the system boots OK; other times, it reports "VIA 82xx Audio: probe of 0000:00:11.5 failed with error -12" in /var/log/messages. Found relief from info in ALSA-Configuration.txt of the alsa-driver-1.0.13.tar.bz2 distribution, under the heading "Module Autoloading Support". Added the following lines in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf:

# ALSA portion
options snd cards_limit=2
alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
alias snd-card-1 cx88-alsa
options snd-via82xx index=0
options cx88-alsa index=1
# OSS/Free portion
alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx
alias sound-slot-1 cx88-alsa

That seemed to fix the problem for me. Hope this helps with yours.

Note, my configuration:

Linux xyz.lan 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+,
------- /proc/asound/version --------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.11rc2 (Wed Jan 04 08:57:20 2006 UTC).

------- rpm -q alsa-lib --------
alsa-lib-1.0.12-2.fc6

------- rpm -q alsa-utils --------
alsa-utils-1.0.12-3.fc6

------- /proc/asound/modules --------
0 snd_via82xx
1 cx88_alsa

------- /proc/asound/pcm --------
00-01: VIA 8235 : VIA 8235 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-00: VIA 8235 : VIA 8235 : playback 4 : capture 1
01-00: CX88 Digital : CX88 Digital : capture 1

# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
VIA 8235 with AD1980 at 0xe000, irq 18
1 [CX8801 ]: CX88x - Conexant CX8801
Conexant CX8801 at 0xed000000

# NB: in my system, the CX88x is an old Hauppauge WinTV card.

Greetings!

I am running into the same problem myself. Mine, too, is intermittent. The situation with me is that I have a dual-boot system with Microsoft Windows (for work) and Fedora 7 (for personal). What I have noticed, tonight, is that if I boot into Windows first, do my thing there, and then boot into Fedora 7, my Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 sound card does not work in Linux. However, if I just turn my computer off and turn it back on after 30 seconds, and boot into Fedora 7, the sound card works. I do not understand why this is the case... the only logical thing I can think of is an address problem that remains in memory when booting from Windows to Linux (probably not a good conclusion, but it is the only thing I can think of as to why this is happening). I know that it has something to do with my TV card (MSI TV@nyware) because when I took it out, my sound card works just fine.

PuffServe gave me an idea where to look for settings; the problem is that the file no longer is in Fedora 7. However, I modified the /etc/modprobe.conf file and moved my sound card up. This modification made my sound card the default card. (I also have a [built-in the motherboard] VIA sound card in there and it is disabled in the BIOS, but Fedora 7 [oddly] still sees it.)

Also, there is this post on FedoraForum that points out the same issue as we are having. One guy even mentions this:

I personally love using Fedora (based on my personal experience and tastes, Fedora has been the best distribution for me, [looking forward to Fedora 8]), and I would hate to change over to a new distribution just to get something to work. I will try other distributions and see what happens. I have already tried OpenSUSE and I am not a fan of how it handles software management (same thing with Ubuntu). I'll give Mandriva a shot and see what happens.