Hello,

I have an MSI motherboard 865G onboard video and sound.
I have Debian (Woody) kernel 2.4.20 (I have also tried 2.4.21-rc7-ac1). I have gotten the video and lan working. However I cannot get sound to work using Alsa driver 9.4

I tried using Alsa C-Media 8338 (would not load)
The Alsa driver that does seem to work is the intel8x0
This driver does load and XMMS does seem to play files using the Alsa plugin... meters are moving. However no sound comes out of the speakers. I try to using other media players and still no sound. I am using Gnome 2.2 X does not start automatically. I have even tried playing a mp3 file using mpg123 filename.mp3 no sound (before I type startx at the linux prompt).
I then tried another hard disk drive with Windows XP installed and the sound works well. So the hardware is o.k.
The only thing I can think of is that the C-Media 9397A Codec is not supported in Alsa at this time. When I do an:
#lspci
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 02)



Here is my current configuration from the files on my Debian Box:

------------------------
[/etc/modules]
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.

ide-scsi
nbd
agpgart
i830
msdos
nfsd
snd-intel8x0

--------------------
[#Modules.conf]
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias char-major-116 snd

# ALSA
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0

# OSS/Free
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio

# OSS/Free - Card #0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

# Added by User
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
>/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
>/dev/null 2>&1 || :
#post-install sound-slot-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl -F restore 0
#pre-remove sound-slot-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl -F store 0


------------------------------
[#lspci]

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Controller
(rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82865G Integrated
Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB USB2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB LPC Interface Controller (rev
02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controller
(rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB AC'97 Audio
Controller (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1050 (rev 02)

--------------------------------------
[#dmesg]
intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G
chipsets
intelfb: Version 0.7.5, written by David Dawes
<dawes@tungstengraphics.com>
intelfb: 00:02.0: Intel(R) 865G, aperture size 128MB, stolen memory
32636kB
intelfb: Non-CRT device is enabled (DVO port C). Disabling mode
switching.
intelfb: Video mode must be programmed at boot time.
intel8x0: clocking to 48000

-----------------------------------------
[Alsa driver 9.4 built using:]

# ./configure --with-isapnp=no --with-cards=intel8x0 --disable-alsatest && make && make install

# chmod 666 /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* /dev/midi* /dev/audio*

-----------------------------------
#lsmod

Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 40132 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 13816 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-intel8x0 18596 1
snd-pcm 66464 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 15940 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 5632 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 40808 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-mpu401-uart 3744 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 14560 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4420 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 32548 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss
snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec snd-mpu401-uart
snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
nfsd 48200 0 (unused)
msdos 5932 0 (unused)
fat 32760 0 [msdos]
i830 65408 1
agpgart 25796 12
nbd 16612 0 (unused)
ide-scsi 10256 0



When I do an:
#amix set PCM 100 unmute
it returns that there is not an PCM simple controller.

amix set Headphone / Master 100 unmute both work. :-|

Any help would be appreciated.

spend the money for a sound card

it's quicker

Hi..

I have downloaded the driver from Intel site for this and i have installed. it is working properly for me.

Try the same
siddiqu.T
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/linux/

Was this on an mb with the intel 865G chipset?

I think I narrowed down my issue to not having PCM control.

When I type:
amixer set PCM 100 unmute
as user/superuser I get the following:

amixer: Unab le to find simple control 'PCM',0


Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

I will google and see if I can find something on the www.

Thanks in advance.

Hello Bluester,

I have the same problem with the same hardware, 82801EB AC'97 onboard audio. I have a Intel D865GBL motherboard.

Have had no luck solving it. Were you able to figure it? I was curious about the drivers at Intel but I have Mandrake 9.1. The drivers are for RedHat and SUSE.

Think that they could work in MDK?

Thanks,

Hans Erick

Bit of an old thread, but maybe somebody is still reading it.

If you modules are loaded and xmms is jiggling its LED's, maybe you just have a mixer problem. What do you see when you run alsamixer inside a terminal window? Have you tried unmuting/turning up all possible output channels.

The reason I ask is that the AC 97 sound chip on my 865g board uses ALSA's 'Surround' channel. At least some non-alsa mixers (e.g. kmix in KDE) do not show this channel. Since ALSA mutes all channels by default there is no way you will ever hear anything without an ALSA-enabled mixer.

Hi,

Thanks for replying maroon. I have played with aumixer and kmix with no luck? Are you using a different mixer from these? Or do you know one that I can download? Thanks again.

Hans Erick

Hi H.E. - I am not familiar with the Red Hat/Mandrake way of handling sound, but there seem to be lots of people posting with one of these distro's and no sound on an AC97.

I've installed Debian or Knoppix on several different machines with AC97 sound. Every time I had to use ALSA, but every time it worked.

But if Intel are supplying a Red Hat driver, maybe you should try that before getting involved with ALSA. I don't think an ALSA mixer will be any help unless you have ALSA itself installed to drive your hardware.

Some Mandrake posters claim to have tried ALSA, so maybe that is also on your system somewhere and just needs to be configured. In that case try the snd-intel8x0 driver, certainly use a native ALSA mixer like alsamixer, and try all channels, not just the obvious ones.
Don't forget to press 'm' to unmute the channel.

And make sure your speakers are plugged in

Hope that helps, MB

Hi..

Intel 865 Chipset finally it is working for me in Mandrake 9.1 .Connect your speaker in the Line in. It is started working for me.

Please check the same

Siddiqu.T

Hi, HansErick how did you solve your problem? I am using mandrake 9.1 and have a 645perl motherboard and same problem... Please help...

anben,

Not really. What I get now is like an old radio program from the 20's or 30's. Very scratchy and far away sounding, barely audiable.

I'm not sure what I did to get this "improvement". I did download all available security patches and program updates. This might have done something. I think I"ll wait for MDK 9.2 RC final and see if that fixes the problem. If it doesn't, MDK goes into the wood chipper

Good Luck,

Hans Erick

Can anybody please tell me where to get debian driver for Intel 82865G.
Iam trying on sarge. I am just getting 480x640!!!

My monitor is Dell 773S. I also tried with Samsung Syncmaster 793s.

Video card is: Intel 82865G

I also did this as someone suggested:

>Make sure that you have `discover' installed (apt-get install

>discover) then try and reconfigure the server again with low priority.

>dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86

Still same resolution!


I am attaching the logfile herewith after doing the following:

X > logfile 2>&1 &

sleep 10

killall X

######################logs###############

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any

way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted

to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,

please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository

(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs).

XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 20040928112350 fabbione@fabbione.net)

Release Date: 15 August 2003

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6

Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.26 i686 [ELF]

Build Date: 28 September 2004

Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/

to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present

OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.27-1-686 (joshk@trollwife) (gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-9)) #1 Fri Sep 3 06:28:00 UTC 2004

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,

(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,

(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Oct 15 23:13:24 2004

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found

##################################################################

The intel site says its supported /tested on RedHat and suse. I am getting following errors when I run the install script for THE INTEL DRIVER


Debian1:~/dripkg# cat dri.log

rm -f *.o *.ko dristat drmstat .depend .*.flags .*.d .*.cmd

make -f Makefile.linux DRM_MODULES=gdg.o modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/dripkg/drm'

make -C /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-686/build SUBDIRS=`pwd` DRMSRCDIR=`pwd` modules

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686'

Makefile:268: arch/i386/Makefile: No such file or directory

Makefile:551: Rules.make: No such file or directory

make[2]: *** No rule to make target `Rules.make'. Stop.

make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-1-686'

make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dripkg/drm'

make: *** [gdg.o] Error 2





Please do let me know. As a sys admin, I generally use lot of tools utilities for remote admin etc. All my collegues use XP/2000. I just now started with Debian and I am proud.



Make me prouder please ;-)



Rituraj








I am getting the same problem.