No volume control elements and/or devices found

karnaf · 12-15-2005, 03:22 PM

Yet another newbie trying to get some sound on his Linux.
I've been reading about this for a while and still couldn't find the answer. Might be because I'm a complete newbie, trying his way in the Linux family.

I have installed a GNOME desktop Fedora 4 on a PC. Coulnd't get sound at all.
I've upgraded all stuff with the up2date ustility (so windowish of me, I know)
managed to update ALSA so that my sound card is now detected (and very proud of myself for managing that)
The sound card itself is an VIA Tech on board AC97 sound (Via82xx)

But still, when I boot or just try the volume control, I get the annoying No volume control elements and/or devices found error and trying to run Totem returns Alsa device "default" does not exist. When I try the 'Play test sound' in the Soundcard Detection utility I just hear no sound.

modinfo soundcore output is:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4/kernel/sound/soundcore.ko
description: Core sound module
author: Alan Cox
license: GPL
alias: char-major-14-*
vermagic: 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
depends:
srcversion: A4DED138106C0A5140A74BE

lspci output is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AG P]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40 )
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/ C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16)
00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40 )
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:13.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2898 Modem (rev 03)
00:14.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] ( rev 11)

Any more info I can give you? Please help a newbie.

Thanks a lot!

Brian1 · 12-15-2005, 07:07 PM

Not sure which way to go from here. Lets get some more info.
Output of the following commands
/sbin/lsmod
cat /proc/pci
cat /proc/interrupts

Is this a notebook or desktop machine?

Lets go from there.
Brian1

karnaf · 12-16-2005, 06:06 AM

It's a desktop computer.

lsmod output:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
lp                     12937  0
autofs4                19653  2
rfcomm                 38745  0
l2cap                  25921  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              48069  4 rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                141437  1
ipt_REJECT              5953  1
ipt_state               1985  4
ip_conntrack           51953  1 ipt_state
nfnetlink               6617  1 ip_conntrack
iptable_filter          3137  1
ip_tables              20033  3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
ipv6                  249761  8
uhci_hcd               32465  0
parport_pc             27909  1
parport                35593  2 lp,parport_pc
i2c_viapro              8401  0
i2c_core               22081  1 i2c_viapro
snd_via82xx            28289  0
snd_ac97_codec         88637  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus            2497  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_cmipci             32865  0
gameport               15689  2 snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci
snd_seq_dummy           3781  0
snd_seq_oss            31809  0
snd_seq_midi_event      7105  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                49617  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            50545  0
snd_mixer_oss          17985  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87493  4 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_cmipci,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         10697  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_opl3_lib           10561  1 snd_cmipci
snd_timer              25029  3 snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib
snd_hwdep               9185  1 snd_opl3_lib
snd_mpu401_uart         7745  2 snd_via82xx,snd_cmipci
snd_rawmidi            24801  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          9037  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_opl3_lib,snd_rawmidi
snd                    54437  14 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_cmipci,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_opl3_lib,snd_timer,snd_hwdep,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9889  1 snd
8139too                27329  0
mii                     5313  1 8139too
floppy                 61957  0
dm_snapshot            17773  0
dm_zero                 2113  0
dm_mirror              22421  0
ext3                  129993  2
jbd                    57813  1 ext3
dm_mod                 56797  6 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror

cat /proc/pci output is:

Code:

  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Class 0600: PCI device 1106:0691 (rev 68).
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd3ffffff].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
    Class 0604: PCI device 1106:8598 (rev 0).
      Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    Class 0601: PCI device 1106:0686 (rev 64).
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    Class 0101: PCI device 1106:0571 (rev 6).
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.
      I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
    Class 0c03: PCI device 1106:3038 (rev 22).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.
      I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  3:
    Class 0c03: PCI device 1106:3038 (rev 22).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd81f].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
    Class 0600: PCI device 1106:3057 (rev 64).
  Bus  0, device   7, function  5:
    Class 0401: PCI device 1106:3058 (rev 80).
      IRQ 9.
      I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
      I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
      I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
  Bus  0, device  19, function  0:
    Class 0780: PCI device 125d:2898 (rev 3).
      IRQ 9.
      I/O at 0xe800 [0xe807].
  Bus  0, device  20, function  0:
    Class 0200: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
      IRQ 10.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
      I/O at 0xec00 [0xecff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000 [0xd80000ff].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
    Class 0300: PCI device 10de:0028 (rev 17).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=5.Max Lat=1.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd6ffffff].
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd4000000 [0xd5ffffff].

cat /proc/interrupts output:

Code:

           CPU0
  0:     254475          XT-PIC  timer
  1:        366          XT-PIC  i8042
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  7:          0          XT-PIC  parport0
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
 10:        508          XT-PIC  uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, eth0
 12:      13386          XT-PIC  i8042
 14:       9444          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:       8887          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0

Thanks!
(now I'll go read about what I just did with these commands and learn a little!)

arckane · 12-16-2005, 06:51 AM

You could try running 'alsaconf' to configure up the card. It may be that you have just not configured it yet, therefore Linux doesn't have any configuration information:

run alsaconf to configure
run alsamixer to adjust sound

This is done at a console/shell.

IHTH

helmut_hed · 04-13-2006, 11:06 AM

Hi Karnaf,

I see that you have an ESS modem according to your lspci output. Do you need a driver for it? I have recently built one for 2.6 series kernels and am looking for beta testers.

Regards,
Jeff