Audio/video (driver) trouble with Ubuntu Hardy on an M3N78-EMH motherboard
 

After installing I cannot get the video and audio to work properly.
Videodriver will not install and the audio hangs/makes noise.

Peter

#sudo lspci

post the output here

#sudo lshw

optional

otherwise

#sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

After lspci

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0754 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075c (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0752 (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0751 (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0753 (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0568 (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077b (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077c (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077d (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077e (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0759 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0774 (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075a (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0ad0 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0760 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0569 (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0778 (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075b (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8200 (rev a2)
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0754 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075c (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0752 (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0751 (rev a1)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0753 (rev a2)
00:01.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0568 (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077b (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077c (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077d (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 077e (rev a1)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0759 (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0774 (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075a (rev a1)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0ad0 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0760 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0569 (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0778 (rev a1)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 075b (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8200 (rev a2)

So a lot is unknown I suppose..

lshw provided a lot of data. Here it is:

livingroom
description: Desktop Computer
product: System Product Name
vendor: System manufacturer
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=80BC3FCD-8FFE-D511-B61C-001FC6857310
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: M3N78-EMH HDMI
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev 1.xx
serial: MS1C84BZBS02091
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 0409 (05/14/2008)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 3
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.3
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: AM2
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-cache:2 DISABLED
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3-Cache
capabilities: internal
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 3c
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM0
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum1
slot: DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum2
vendor: Manufacturer2
physical id: 2
serial: SerNum2
slot: DIMM2
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum3
vendor: Manufacturer3
physical id: 3
serial: SerNum3
slot: DIMM3
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-processor UNCLAIMED
description: Co-processor
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.3
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
*-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.4
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
logical name: scsi6
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=pata_amd
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD RW AD-7593A
vendor: Optiarc
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1.02
serial: [Optiarc DVD RW AD-7593A 1.02 Mar25,2008
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 module=snd_hda_intel
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
logical name: scsi0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ahci
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3500320AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: SD15
serial: 9QM4ARGB
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00079e77
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 722d0be5-7126-454d-aef8-8f03e26515e2
size: 39GiB
capacity: 39GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2008-07-25 14:06:05 filesystem=ntfs state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 426GiB
capacity: 426GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: W95 FAT32 (LBA) partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 387GiB
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
logical name: /dev/.static/dev
capacity: 37GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:2
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sda7
capacity: 1686MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:1f:c6:85:73:10
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.68 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GeForce 8200
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: nVidia Corporation
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp

Anything I should know about?

Greets Peter

You have a recent Nvidia video card... you can see phoronix.com for reviews. You will need to enable the restricted repositories for the video card apparently. Install the modules using synaptic.

You audio module seems to be loaded (The module is snd_hda_intel). Check mixer settings first.

#alsa-mixer
#kmix
... whatever.


You partitioning scheme is bad. Split the 387 GB logical partition into some jfs, ext3 and other types of partitions. fat32 is too inefficient a file system. You can use the parted magic-3.0 CD or gparted for that.


Best

A. Mani

I've Installed the videodriver before. Didnt't work.
Destroyed X-session somehow... something to do with kernel version (???).

I'll see how the sound is configured.

The fat partition is part of a (dual boot) Windows install.
I'm more or less forced to use Windows to play videos etc. until my Ubuntu install is fixed that is.

But thx for your help.

Peter

Graphics:
If you install the ones in the Nvidia site, then it will certainly break. Remove all those first. Stick to your distributions packages. If you do not want the restricted driver, then use nv