Linux on Packard Bell Easynote TS11 Series
The TS11 series use Intel Cougar Point. I'm using slackware current with kernel 2.6.38.7 but I presume all distros will have similar problems. If anyone can help solve them I'd be most grateful - especially the sound issue!
1. sound (alsa) Running aplay -l gives three SPDIF / HDMI devices, the laptop has one HDMI so the snd-hda-codec parameters are not correct. Unfortunately I have been unable to find the model. card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 bash-4.1# dmesg | grep -i hda [ 5.615640] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 [ 5.615827] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X [ 5.615860] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 8.626207] hda-intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x000f0000 [ 9.626691] hda-intel: No response from codec, disabling MSI: last cmd=0x000f0000 [ 10.627171] hda-intel: Codec #0 probe error; disabling it... bash-4.1# lspci | grep -i audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) bash-4.1# lsmod | grep -i hda snd_hda_codec_hdmi 23280 1 snd_hda_intel 21819 0 snd_hda_codec 71204 2 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 6166 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 72849 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd 56200 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hd a_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer snd_page_alloc 7113 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm bash-4.1# 2. backlight controls Do not work at all. I'm investigating. |
Hi,
referring to the sound, you can use alsaconf as root, this utility will configure your sound-card. If you don't know which device you should chose when alsaconf asks you, try all of them, if it was wrong execute alsaconf again. Referring to the backlight. There are special kernelmodules for verious laptops. you should look at the kernel-sources (in /usr/src/linux execute "make xconfig" and navigate to "Device-Drivers"->"x86-platformspecific Drivers") there you can find out if there are any modules for your computer. You can load with modprobe. Read the manpage for modprobe. Markus |
The backlight is fixed using "append="acpi_osi=Linux" in lilo/grub. It appears the laptop bios has a few bugs. It works fine after setting this, although it does not get remembered after coming out of standby etc.
The laptop is actually a rebranded Acer 5650g (acer bought packard bell a while back) without the NVIDIA gpu. I tried alsaconf but it made no difference. Output was... Loading driver... Loading ALSA mixer settings: /usr/sbin/alsactl restore No state is present for card PCH Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel CougarPoint HDMI" "HDA:80862805,80860101,00100000" "0x1025" "0x0511" Hardware is initialized using a generic method No state is present for card PCH Setting default volumes... |
could you please post the output of
Code:
lspci -k | grep -iA5 audio Code:
lsmod | grep snd |
How interesting it does come up with Acer, I didn't catch it. Sadly device=acer doesn't do anything in modprobe.
lspci -k | grep -iA5 audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0511 Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) Kernel driver in use: pcieport bash-4.1# bash-4.1# lsmod | grep snd snd_seq_dummy 1487 0 snd_seq_oss 29220 0 snd_seq_midi_event 5620 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 51558 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 5353 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 38969 0 snd_mixer_oss 15209 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_hda_codec_hdmi 23280 1 snd_hda_intel 21819 0 snd_hda_codec 71204 2 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 6166 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 72849 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_timer 19065 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd 56200 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hd a_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 5585 1 snd snd_page_alloc 7113 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm bash-4.1# |
As far as I can see, your sound should work, there's nothing missing. Did you try alsamixer on the commandline and check if the buttons are set correctly?
Markus |
Yup. What is unusual is it has worked once or twice but I have been unable to duplicate. I thought it was down to a kernel issue so I downgraded a bit, but now that makes no difference.
Cheers, Andrew |
Tried everything and googled the earth for a solution. Now filed as an alsa bug.
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