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I found no solution to my problem described here, so I need your help!
I have a Motherboard 'ASRock ALiveNF6G-DVI' with an onboard sound device "7.1 CH Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)" included. With OpenSuse 10.2 I don't get that audio device working. I had to recompile the original kernel with PREEMPT & SMP deactivated (because otherwise my wlan card doesn't work - see http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/phpBB...pic.php?t=307).
I used the ASLA software from Realteks' homepage (realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05e.tar.bz2). During the installation an audio device is found: "hda_intel: 00:05.0 Audio device NVidia Cooperation MCP61High Definition..." and the /etc/modprobe.conf is configured, but then a error message follows (during modprobing):
Quote:
ALSA lib confmisc.c:560snd_determine_driver) could not open control for card 0
ALSA lib conf.c:3479_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such device or address
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3479_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such device or address
ALSA lib confmisc.c:955snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3479_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such device or address
ALSA lib conf.c:3948snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such device or address
ALSA lib pcm.c:2090snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
aplay: main:533: audio open error: No such device or address
Saving the mixer setup used for this in /etc/asound.state.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1163: No soundcards found...
ALSA support for the MCP61 did not show up until version 1.0.13. The ALSA code that supported the MCP61 did not show up in the kernel until version 2.6.19. You're using 1.0.12 and 2.6.18.2 respectively. If it were me, I'd upgrade to a 2.6.19 kernel and use the kernel's ALSA, not Realteks.
BTW, nVidia recommends using the snd-hda-intel module for the MCP61. I didn't see that module loaded in your lsmod output.
Last edited by weibullguy; 02-16-2007 at 12:38 PM.
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