No Sound on Gigabyte Motherboard, Opensuse 11 OS

yaarappa · 08-01-2008, 04:41 PM

I am using onboard sound from Gigabyte S-series ultradurable 2 Motherboard. (GA-P35-DS3L/S3L). I am running on Opensuse 11 operating system. Is it possible to get the drivers for this? on 'Integrated Peripherals' the Azalia codec seems to be on Auto. I do not know what else to check. BTW I built the pc myself. Anyone please help!!!

amani · 08-01-2008, 05:23 PM

Post the output of

#lspci

see if snd-hda-intel is present in #lsmod

Did you adjust Mixer?

knudfl · 08-02-2008, 01:05 PM

"Azalia codec" is a general term and tells
nothing about the used components.

As amani writes, please open a terminal
and do command 'lspci' and copy / paste
the result to this page.

Regards

yaarappa · 08-02-2008, 04:15 PM

Pardon me if I sound stupid! How do I open a terminal? This is the first time I am using linux.
Cheers,

knudfl · 08-03-2008, 03:58 AM

A terminal is a 'command promt'
To find a terminal :

*Menu > System > Terminal > "XTerm"

If you are using KDE Desktop, you have choices:
Bisides XTerm: Konsole and Gnome terminal.

Suse: the command is : /sbin/lspci

And the result of audio on my "Gigabyte, Azalia codec"

...Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW
(ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller .....

amani says adjust mixer, give it a try, find any mixer
and unmute if muted + adjust volume.

Good Luck !

yaarappa · 08-03-2008, 03:41 PM

Thanks guys for your replys. The following is the result of the command. I tried the volume control before no result but now it is missing form the screen. Hope you can help me.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IB (ICH9) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Geforce 9600 GT 512mb (rev a1)
03:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMB368 IDE controller
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

knudfl · 08-04-2008, 01:41 PM

Well, the sound driver is "snd-hda-intel"
the command 'find /lib/modules/ -name *snd-hda-intel*
should print
/lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-default/kernel/sound/pci/hda/snd-hda-intel.ko

See if the module (driver) is loaded with command
'lsmod' or 'lsmod | less' and 'lsmod | grep intel'
And please also do 'lsmod | grep 97'
(for the 'snd_ac97_codec' included in some Giga
motherboards ...for the front panel.

Launch "Kmix" : the used driver is displayed in Kmix.
All "buttons" should show mute.

On my Dell 8300 Kmix says : Intel ICH5
(I can't run Suse 11 live on the "Giga computer"
("no DVD-ROM drive found"))

And please check the following in 'alsamixer'
(Can be opened in 'konsole')
The "buttons" ..Master .. Master M .. PCM .. CD ..
..External .. High Pass .. <V_REFOUT> should show
as default (and with normal sound) a red square
with 2 zeroes (for unmuted) Other unused functions
will show an m. To mute or unmute type m.
Move to the next button with arrow keys

If you change something in 'alsamixer' , you want
to keep, save with command 'su' and # 'alsactl store'

I hope you find the solution !
Regards

yaarappa · 08-05-2008, 07:00 AM

HI, Thank you!

1.How do I check if the module driver is loaded with the lsmod command?

2. How do I launch the kmix?

3. I am using the GNOME environment

Sorry for the trouble, if you can bear with me a bit more it will help.
Cheers

knudfl · 08-05-2008, 09:35 AM

If the module shows up in any of the mentioned
commands, 'lsmod' , 'lsmod | less' or 'lsmod | grep intel'
the module is loaded.

In Gnome : Please use 'alsamixer' if you cannot find
the gnome-applets-mixer or the gnome-alsamixer.

Alsamixer is a mixer in the "terminal window"
( 'gnome-terminal' )

Regards

yaarappa · 08-05-2008, 03:34 PM

the result for lsmod is
lsmod
Module Size Used by
lp 30436 0
usblp 33152 0
ip6t_LOG 23940 7
xt_tcpudp 20480 2
xt_pkttype 18944 3
ipt_LOG 23428 8
xt_limit 20356 15
binfmt_misc 30220 1
snd_pcm_oss 68992 0
snd_mixer_oss 35584 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 83600 0
snd_seq_device 26516 1 snd_seq
af_packet 42624 0
ip6t_REJECT 22272 3
nf_conntrack_ipv6 36168 4
ipt_REJECT 21120 3
xt_state 19712 8
iptable_mangle 20608 0
iptable_nat 24976 0
nf_nat 39576 1 iptable_nat
iptable_filter 20736 1
ip6table_mangle 20480 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 19968 0
nf_conntrack_ipv4 29576 7 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 91536 6 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables 39056 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
cpufreq_conservative 26248 0
cpufreq_userspace 23556 0
cpufreq_powersave 18816 0
acpi_cpufreq 27536 0
ip6table_filter 20608 1
ip6_tables 40720 3 ip6t_LOG,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables 43144 11 ip6t_LOG,xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables ,ip6_tables
ipv6 331544 27 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6table_mangle
microcode 32808 0
firmware_class 27776 1 microcode
fuse 72256 5
loop 37508 0
dm_mod 88600 0
ppdev 26504 0
rtc_cmos 28728 0
parport_pc 59592 1
iTCO_wdt 30800 0
snd_hda_intel 497452 2
sr_mod 35636 0
rtc_core 41012 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 20224 1 rtc_core
r8169 51204 0
iTCO_vendor_support 21124 1 iTCO_wdt
cdrom 53416 1 sr_mod
parport 60448 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
intel_agp 48240 0
snd_pcm 115208 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 45072 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 28688 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 28424 1 snd_hda_intel
snd 96248 12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
i2c_i801 27804 0
i2c_core 45344 1 i2c_i801
button 27040 0
soundcore 26000 1 snd
floppy 83048 0
sg 56912 0
usbhid 65488 0
hid 59296 1 usbhid
ff_memless 23176 1 usbhid
sd_mod 47280 6
ehci_hcd 56204 0
uhci_hcd 43936 0
usbcore 188248 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd 28176 0
ext3 170768 3
mbcache 27396 1 ext3
jbd 82240 1 ext3
fan 23944 0
ata_piix 43268 4
pata_jmicron 23808 0
libata 194976 2 ata_piix,pata_jmicron
scsi_mod 194904 4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
dock 29344 1 libata
thermal 43040 0
processor 72668 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

the alsamixer has four bars, each with 3 red units, 4 green and 4 white units repectively. Only the first one has two zeros which can be changed to m. All four says master at the bottom.

Is there anything I have missed?
Cheers,

yaarappa · 08-05-2008, 03:35 PM

Sorry if you cant make anything uot of my post there! It didnt look like that when i copied and pasted.

knudfl · 08-06-2008, 01:47 AM

Well, sound = 'snd_hda_intel' is loaded, and none
conflicting ones, AFAiK.

The alsamixer should have "lots" of bars in Suse 11,
just scroll to the right using the ==> right arrow ==>
on the keyboard. And make your terminal as wide as possible.
Also see #7 for info.

Good Luck !

yaarappa · 08-06-2008, 05:44 AM

Hi, Thank you. The alsamixer has only four bars, however big the screen is. Do you reckon that something is missing, resulting in the disappearence of the bars. I tried the arrow keys, scrolling etc no results.

Cheers,

knudfl · 08-07-2008, 01:25 AM

How about trying to let "Yeast2" set up your sound ?
(is done by install, but please give it a chance )

Also try 'su' #'alsaconf' to see what happens.

In the upper left corner of alsamixer, see text :
Should have 2 lines 1) Card .... 2) Chip ...
Any info there ??

4 bars in alsamixer ?? Should be 25....30 !

Regards

yaarappa · 08-07-2008, 12:10 PM

Hi,

I tried both Yast and alsaconf to configure the sound. It works, but two problems.

1. the volume has to be maximum on the volume control both on the speaker as well as on the software control. Still not loud enough.

2. Each time I shut down and re start I have to let alsaconf to configure sound again.

On the alsamixer the chip and card is both pulseaudio. BUt I am unable to open alsamixer after configuration. it says permission denied. Can open before configuration.

Some progress may be but no solution yet, I still have hope.

Cheers,