hello all.

i know many of you have installed sound on this type of laptop. i have searched throroughly through this board and others looking for solutions. i still cannot get sound to work on this laptop.

first, i have reviewed the dma/irq/port settings using ps2.exe and i have turned pcibuspower to off as well. quickboot has been turned off in BIOS.

the cs4232 drivers from ALSA have been installed according to the directions on the alsa-project. org web site. after completing the installation, i get the following response to modprobe snd-cs4232:
FATAL: Error inserting snd_cs4232 (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4232.ko): No such device

alsaconf can see the card when it searches for legacy cards, but cannot probe the card and subsequently quits.

lspci shows:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251A
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4610/11 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2200 [MagicGraph 256AV] (rev 20)

modinfo soundcore shows:
description: Core sound module
author: Alan Cox
license: GPL
alias: char-major-14-*
vermagic: 2.6.5-1.358 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3
depends:


modinfo snd-cs4232 shows:
author: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
license: GPL
description: Cirrus Logic CS4232
parm: index:Index value for CS4232 soundcard.
parm: id:ID string for CS4232 soundcard.
parm: enable:Enable CS4232 soundcard.
parm: isapnp:ISA PnP detection for specified soundcard.
parm: port:Port # for CS4232 driver.
parm: cport:Control port # for CS4232 driver.
parm: mpu_port:MPU-401 port # for CS4232 driver.
parm: fm_port:FM port # for CS4232 driver.
parm: sb_port:SB port # for CS4232 driver (optional).
parm: irq:IRQ # for CS4232 driver.
parm: mpu_irq:MPU-401 IRQ # for CS4232 driver.
parm: dma1MA1 # for CS4232 driver.
parm: dma2MA2 # for CS4232 driver.
vermagic: 2.6.5-1.358 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3
depends: snd-cs4231-lib,snd-opl3-lib,snd,snd-mpu401-uart,snd
alias: pnp:cCSC0d32dCSC0000dCSC0010dPNPb006*
alias: pnp:cCSC1a32dCSC0000dCSC0010dCSC0003*
alias: pnp:cCSC4232dCSC0000dCSC0002dCSC0003*
alias: pnp:cCSC4236dCSC0000dCSC0010dCSC0003*
alias: pnp:cCSC7532dCSC0000dCSC0010dCSCb006*
alias: pnp:cCSC7632dCSC0000dCSC0010dPNPb006*
alias: pnp:cCSCf032dCSC0000dCSC0010dCSC0003*


dmesg shows:
<edit>
CS4232 soundcard not found or device busy
CS4232 soundcard not found or device busy
CS4232 soundcard not found or device busy
CS4232 soundcard not found or device busy

i have edited /etc/modprobe.conf with the following:

alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
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
alias sound-card-0 snd-cs4232
alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4232
options snd-cs4232 port=0x530 cport=0x538 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2=0 irq=5


where specifically have i gone wrong. i gave up on suse 9.0 a few months ago due to this problem. i know the sound card works fine under windows.

any assistance would be appreciated.

kms

Use the snd-cs4236 driver instead. Edit your modprobe.conf and delete the lines you added for the soundcard. The latest alsaconf (from the alsa-utils package) detects the 600E correctly and will add the correct lines automatically, or if that fails this works for me:Restart the Alsa init script (/etc/init.d/alsasound restart will do it on most distros).


Håkan

i compiled the cs4236 driver and have the same results.

after compiling the driver, editing module.conf, i still get the following

modprobe snd-cs4236 port=0x530 cport=0x538 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2=0 irq=5
WARNING: Error inserting snd (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_timer (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/snd-timer.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_pcm (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/snd-pcm.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_cs4231_lib (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4231-lib.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_seq_device (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/seq/snd-seq-device.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_rawmidi (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/snd-rawmidi.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_mpu401_uart (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/drivers/mpu401/snd-mpu401-uart.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_cs4236_lib (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236-lib.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_hwdep (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/acore/snd-hwdep.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting snd_opl3_lib (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/drivers/opl3/snd-opl3-lib.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting snd_cs4236 (/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/kernel/sound/isa/cs423x/snd-cs4236.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

alsaconf will not recognize as well with the cs4236 driver.

am i missing something?

kms

What does the dmesg output have to say about your attempted insertion of the driver? And you seem to have compiled the driver against the source for a different kernel as you get a lot of symbols errors. This may stop the module from loading as well.


Håkan

This is a common problem with a very easy fix.

Go into the bios (hold F1 during power on works for most 600 series thinkpads). There is an option called quick boot or something along that line.

DISABLE IT!

then select Initalize and enter.

Save the settings and exit the bios.

Voila.... cs-4236 should load.

The problem here lies in the Crystal Audio chipset. For some reason it does not properly initalize during a 'quick boot' for the linux module to load.



Ive seen this problem posted everywhere on the net. I'd like to see some replies to see if this fixes it.


--eddie

FYI, using the Initialize feature in the BIOS only helped me when the computer froze up completely when I tried loading ALSA modules.

The error messages kms_md posted look more like mismatching module versions for the actual running kernel.


Håkan

This issue can also be seen on the Fedora Core bugzilla. I've recieved a lot of replies about the quickboot fix working for other thinkpad users.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=144767

The key is too disable the other sound modules
disable snd_cs46xx, cs46xx, and css4232
and then modprobe snd_cs4236 with the io and other options.

check out http://linux-laptop.net/hosted/thinkpad600e-fc4.html for this installer's sucessful solution to sound problem. He had same problem with FC2/3.
Good luck