Hello friends,

I hope someone can help me here. I searched the forum threads and could not find anything that could solve my problem.

I recently installed Xandros linux (kernel 2.6.11, XP dual boot) and cannot get my sound up and running in linux (Realtek HD audio device). I went to Realtek and downloaded the latest ALSA files and tried installing them with their makefile script. All seems fine, then the script begins the alsaconf program and I get the following message, "No supported PnP or PCI card found". The same occurs when I run alsaconf on it's own.

I checked the PCI devices and modules info, and cannot find my audio device anywhere. I will put the system info below; hopefully it means something to someone. What can I do now? I hope that someone can help me here.

Otherwise, I am having trouble 'growing' in Linux knowledge. For instance, the info below is like French to me. I can understand a word here and there, but it means little to me on the whole. Can someone recommend a source, where I can really learn this material? There are so darn many books and websites, but the ones I've glanced at are either too simple or too complex.

Thank you sincerely your time and consideration.

PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: PCI device 1002:5a33 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 1).
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0x0 [0x1fffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: PCI device 1002:5a3f (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 0).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=10.
Bus 0, device 17, function 0:
IDE interface: PCI device 1002:437a (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0x6000 [0x6007].
I/O at 0x5000 [0x5003].

I/O at 0x4000 [0x4007].
I/O at 0x3000 [0x3003].
I/O at 0x2000 [0x200f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe9ff000 [0xfe9ff1ff].
Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
IDE interface: PCI device 1002:4379 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
I/O at 0xb000 [0xb007].
I/O at 0xa000 [0xa003].
I/O at 0x9000 [0x9007].
I/O at 0x8000 [0x8003].
I/O at 0x7000 [0x700f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe9ff800 [0xfe9ff9ff].
Bus 0, device 19, function 0:
USB Controller: PCI device 1002:4374 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe9fe000 [0xfe9fefff].
Bus 0, device 19, function 1:
USB Controller: PCI device 1002:4375 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe9fd000 [0xfe9fdfff].
Bus 0, device 19, function 2:
USB Controller: PCI device 1002:4373 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
IRQ 3.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfe9fc000 [0xfe9fcfff].
Bus 0, device 20, function 0:
SMBus: PCI device 1002:4372 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 129).
I/O at 0xb00 [0xb0f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x3c000000 [0x3c0003ff].
Bus 0, device 20, function 1:
IDE interface: PCI device 1002:4376 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
I/O at 0xff00 [0xff0f].
Bus 0, device 20, function 2:
Class 0403: PCI device 1002:437b (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 1).
IRQ 4.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Non-prefetchable 64 bit memory at 0xfe9f8000 [0xfe9fbfff].
Bus 0, device 20, function 3:
ISA bridge: PCI device 1002:4377 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
Bus 0, device 20, function 4:
PCI bridge: PCI device 1002:4371 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 128).
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=7.
Bus 1, device 5, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: PCI device 1002:5a61 (ATI Technologies Inc) (rev 0).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xdfffffff].
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeaf0000 [0xfeafffff].
Bus 2, device 5, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 16).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebffcff].
Bus 2, device 6, function 0:
FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 192).
IRQ 5.
Master Capable. Latency=64. Max Lat=32.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebff7ff].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe47f].


# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
8250_pci
ppp_generic
ppp_async
ppp_synctty
pppoe
autofs4
parport
parport_pc
lp
snd_pcm_oss 50976 0 - Live 0xf8c03000
snd_mixer_oss 18304 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8bb8000
snd_pcm 89480 1 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xf8bec000
snd_timer 24964 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xf8bb0000
snd 55172 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer, Live 0xf8bc2000
soundcore 9696 1 snd, Live 0xf8b73000
snd_page_alloc 9860 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xf8b63000
apm 21868 2 - Live 0xf8b67000
usb_storage 65600 0 - Live 0xf8b9e000
ehci_hcd 31368 0 - Live 0xf8ac1000
ohci_hcd 21512 0 - Live 0xf8aff000
usbcore 117368 4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd, Live 0xf8b80000
dm_mod 57344 0 - Live 0xf8b2d000
evdev 9088 0 - Live 0xf8ab2000
tsdev 7360 0 - Live 0xf8a3e000
psmouse 26632 0 - Live 0xf8af7000
8250_pnp 8576 0 - Live 0xf8a17000
floppy 57584 0 - Live 0xf8b0b000
ide_floppy 17920 0 - Live 0xf8aac000
sg 33952 0 - Live 0xf8ab7000
sr_mod 17700 0 - Live 0xf8a41000
ide_cd 39812 0 - Live 0xf8aa1000
cdrom 38560 2 sr_mod,ide_cd, Live 0xf8a96000
nls_iso8859_1 4224 3 - Live 0xf8a2c000
nls_cp437 5888 2 - Live 0xf8a22000
vfat 13440 2 - Live 0xf8a27000
fat 39580 1 vfat, Live 0xf8a2f000
nls_utf8 2176 0 - Live 0xf8a15000
ntfs 177296 1 - Live 0xf8aca000
af_packet 22152 4 - Live 0xf8a1b000
ide_disk 16256 0 - Live 0xf8a02000
ohci1394 33796 0 - Live 0xf89f2000
ieee1394 315700 1 ohci1394, Live 0xf8a47000
8139too 25600 0 - Live 0xf89df000
mii 4992 1 8139too, Live 0xf89c5000
crc32 4352 1 8139too, Live 0xf899d000
ati_agp 8972 0 - Live 0xf89c1000
agpgart 33576 1 ati_agp, Live 0xf89cc000
lp 11204 0 - Live 0xf89bd000
parport_pc 35012 1 - Live 0xf89a7000
parport 35272 2 lp,parport_pc, Live 0xf89b3000
autofs4 19076 5 - Live 0xf89a1000
pppoe 14656 0 - Live 0xf886f000
pppox 3848 1 pppoe, Live 0xf8853000
ppp_synctty 10112 0 - Live 0xf8882000
ppp_async 11648 0 - Live 0xf8874000
crc_ccitt 2176 1 ppp_async, Live 0xf8855000
ppp_generic 30228 4 pppoe,pppox,ppp_synctty,ppp_async, Live 0xf8879000
slhc 7680 1 ppp_generic, Live 0xf8857000
8250_pci 18176 0 - Live 0xf8869000
8250 21892 2 8250_pnp,8250_pci, Live 0xf8862000
serial_core 22144 1 8250, Live 0xf885b000
reiserfs 260212 1 - Live 0xf8887000
sd_mod 15504 6 - Live 0xf883a000
sata_sil 8708 5 - Live 0xf880a000
libata 46084 1 sata_sil, Live 0xf8815000
scsi_mod 89416 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata, Live 0xf8823000

crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-02-23 12:30 /dev/dsp
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-02-23 12:30 /dev/dsp0
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 19 2007-02-23 12:30 /dev/dsp1
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 35 2007-02-23 12:30 /dev/dsp2
crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 51 2007-02-23 12:30 /dev/dsp3

I think you will need the snd_hda_intel and snd_hda_codec modules loaded, though im unsure what your soundcard is, but there are a number of options you should read about before using them, some of these cards have... issues There is info in the kernel source Documentation dir that'll tell you if your card is supported by these modules(im not at home so i cant point the correct path to the docs for you - sorry). As for where to learn about this stuff, you already found the best place, here. You'll find more info than you can handle here, and links to many other good places, dig around with the search engine and you can also try using google.com/linux. Good luck

edit: those modules are alsa modules i believe, so you'll need alsa

Just type alsaconf into a terminal to have your soundcard configured.

You may still have to tweak some settings after that, by launching the volume control panel.

Please post lspci.

I have a similar problem...

sound blaster card : Intel onboard audio - SigmaTel STAC9227
I cannot record sound.

$ gnome-volume-control
gives me a window with only play volume control. No gain control, no MIC volume control.. nothing else

O/p of lspci is as follows:
$lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 HECI Controller (rev 02)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 PT IDER Controller (rev 02)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 KT Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HO (ICH8DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HB (ICH8) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 6101 (rev b1)

o/p of alsamixer gives me...
$ alsamixer

alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument


Help me out

krishna

Post lsmod ...

This may help;
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1959094
Is this a laptop? What brand?
More stuff ...
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/printthread.php?t=134437

thanks a lot..

i'll try them out

Sorry to have not posted lately. I spent the weekend working on this. First I tried installing a new sound card. I picked up a Sound Blaster Audigy PCI card and installed it. It worked fine in Windows after I disabled the on board audio device. Nicely, I was able to detect this new card with Xandros. However, running alsaconf led to a problem; alsaconf showed the new card, but when I ran it I recieved a flurry of error messages...followed by the infuriating lines "have fun"! Running it again, it no longer detected any PCI devices. So I figured that I could refresh the alsa library. I had the great idea of doing this through xandros networks. I removed "libasound2" which, for some reason also deleted files associated with kde. I reinstalled this library (hoping all was ok) and rebooted...no more GUI!

At this point I figured on trying the other path: upgrading to Xandros desktop 4. I took out the new card. Installed Xandros 4 and lo and behold all is well!!! I wonder what did the trick; could it be the new kernel, or perhaps a more robust autodetect program?

Thanks again.