hi,
I installed fedora core 2 yesterday. i managed to get mp3´s working with xmms
but when I updated to the newest kernel I only hear sound from my mic-in plug
and the normal speakers don´t work no more.
if this would be a normal pc it won´t matter, but it´s a laptop with (of course)
built in speakers which i would like to use.
and the sound isn´t good over the mic-line...
is there a way i can tell linux to play the sound over the normal speakers
again?

thanx

sascha

(oh there´s another thing, too
i have a sony pcg-fr215m laptop, and fedora can´t recognize the lcd display,
so when i do anything in fullscreen, it´s completely blurred.
is this a problem with the display or with my ati radeon 9200 (i think)?
and how can i fix it?)

Hi flaminmoe, welcome to lq. Have you tried any mixers since your update? That's where you should probably start. Could you post the output from
/sbin/lspci -v, and /sbin/lsmod?
good luck.

hi, here is the lspci -v

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device cbb2 (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at e0800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 99
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=68
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: e0500000-e05fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
Expansion ROM at 0000a000 [disabled] [size=4K]

00:03.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller (prog-if 00 [Generic])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at e0400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at 8400 [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 8800
Memory at e0401000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: medium devsel

00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1

00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at e0402000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: e0100000-e01ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: e0000000-e00ff000
I/O window 0: 00009000-000090ff
I/O window 1: 00008c00-00008cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev aa)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 10
Memory at e0403000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: e0300000-e03ff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: e0200000-e02ff000
I/O window 0: 00009800-000098ff
I/O window 1: 00009400-000094ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at e0404000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:0c.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 8080 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0c.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 50) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 80a0 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0c.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 51) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at e0404800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4) (prog-if fa)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
I/O ports at 80c0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 9c00
Memory at e0404c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 340M (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Sony Corporation: Unknown device 8158
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
Memory at e0500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

and th lsmod:

[root@muskingum root]# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by
sd_mod 16577 2
usb_storage 62345 1
nls_utf8 2241 2
ntfs 159120 2
snd_pcm_oss 48117 0
snd_mixer_oss 17089 3 snd_pcm_oss
snd_ali5451 25861 6
snd_ac97_codec 67361 1 snd_ali5451
snd_pcm 93001 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 28741 1 snd_pcm
snd 53413 13 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc 9669 1 snd_pcm
soundcore 10017 3 snd
parport_pc 26501 0
lp 12077 0
parport 37257 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 23365 0
pcmcia 21189 4
yenta_socket 19137 0
pcmcia_core 51713 2 pcmcia,yenta_socket
sunrpc 155813 1
8139too 26305 0
mii 4801 1 8139too
ipt_REJECT 6593 0
ipt_state 2113 0
ip_conntrack 41205 1 ipt_state
iptable_filter 3777 0
ip_tables 16577 3 ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
floppy 57585 0
sg 34145 0
scsi_mod 122177 3 sd_mod,usb_storage,sg
microcode 6497 0
dm_mod 56021 0
joydev 9217 0
uhci_hcd 31577 0
ehci_hcd 34761 0
video 15813 0
button 6609 0
battery 9413 0
ac 4933 0
md5 4161 1
ipv6 235649 40
ext3 120905 2
jbd 69209 1 ext3

i haven´t tried any mixers, i don´t even know how to try different ones...

....thx,

sascha

It looks like the modules are loaded, try alsamixer and see if your sound is adjustable from there. You may need to play with those channels to get it right.
good luck.

thanx for the fast answer, but it doesn´t help me.
i cannot switch the channels in the alsa mixer (nor in the oss)
i can adjust the loudness of the output over my mic-in channel, but
this won´t work with my built-in speakers.

do you have another solution?

What channels do you have available from alsamixer?
good luck.

master, master mono, headphone, pcm, line, cd, mic, phone, aux, capture
nearly the same for oss

but i played around with that tool a loot, but you can´t switch channels there

sascha

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Have you tried any other mixers?
good luck.