slackware 13 no sound

admas · 10-31-2009, 10:38 PM

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my sound to work.
I've done my fair share of googling, using search patterns such as
slackware+no+sound and alsa+no+sound+hda+intel, but without any success.
All of the forum posts either told me to make sure nothing is muted with
alsamixer, make sure proper modules are loaded, and use the model option.

I used alsaconf to select the proper audio card, and then used
alsamixer to make sure nothing was muted. The module snd-hda-intel is loaded up ( checked with lsmod ).

I tried various model options and put them in /etc/modprobe.d/sound. I might not have done this step correctly, because each time I changed the model parameter I would type
/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa restart, but I don't think that command is actually doing what it is suppose to because whether I use stop, start, or restart, I get this same message "Loading ALSA mixer settings: /usr/sbin/alsactl restore". I also glanced at the code for /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa and
I did not see anything involving actually stopping alsa.

I did a grep for sound and alsa on dmesg and receive no results. I don't see any bad messages involving also when I start up the laptop. I've
also tried playing sound without Xorg as my normal user and trying to
log into Xfce as root to play sounds and that has not worked.

I did not see anything in /usr/src/linux2.6.29.6/Documentation/sound/alsa that was too useful. I admittedly only glanced through
AlSA-Configuration.txt,HD-Audio-Models.txt, and HD-Audio.txt, but nothing
really caught my eye. If I missed something from these readings, please let
me know.

If someone could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

foodown · 10-31-2009, 10:53 PM

Please post the output of an 'lspci'.

~sHyLoCk~ · 10-31-2009, 10:55 PM

Can you post the o/p of:

Code:

groups $USER

hitest · 10-31-2009, 10:57 PM

Did you run all three commands? Un-muted all channels in alsamixer?

# alsaconf

# alsamixer

# alsactl store

admas · 11-01-2009, 12:02 AM

lspci results

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility HD 3670
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series]
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
09:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
09:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
09:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
09:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)

admas · 11-01-2009, 12:09 AM

results of groups $USER for root and amason6:

amason6 : users floppy audio video cdrom plugdev power netdev
root : root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel floppy audio video cdrom tape plugdev power netdev scanne

admas · 11-01-2009, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitest

Did you run all three commands? Un-muted all channels in alsamixer?

# alsaconf

# alsamixer

# alsactl store

Yes, I ran all three of these commands, but to no avail.

~sHyLoCk~ · 11-01-2009, 12:19 AM

DO you get no sound at all? Not even with aplay?

admas · 11-01-2009, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~sHyLoCk~

DO you get no sound at all? Not even with aplay?

Nope. Not even with aplay.

foodown · 11-01-2009, 12:49 AM

Try these model options:

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1

admas · 11-01-2009, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foodown

Try these model options:

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1
options snd-hda-intel single_cmd=1

I modified my /etc/modprobe.d/sound file with the options that you
specified, did a rmmod snd_hda_intel and modprobe snd_hda_intel,
/etc/rc.d/rc.alsa restart, and unmuted the various sound levels
with alsamixer, but there was no sound.

foodown · 11-01-2009, 01:24 AM

What kind of laptop is this? I make the assumption that this is a laptop . . . if not, what make and model motherboard are we talking about?

It is almost definitely the model option needing to be properly set on the module.
The single_cmd and enable_msi options are probably not needed.

admas · 11-01-2009, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foodown

What kind of laptop is this? I make the assumption that this is a laptop . . . if not, what make and model motherboard are we talking about?

It is almost definitely the model option needing to be properly set on the module.
The single_cmd and enable_msi options are probably not needed.

I have a Dell Studio XPS M1640.

As far as motherboard info, is this what you want?

Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: 0U785D
Version: A07
Serial Number: .HZZR7K1.CN486439860087.
Asset Tag:
Features: None
Location In Chassis: Not Specified
Chassis Handle: 0xFFFF
Type: Unknown
Contained Object Handles: 0

I got this info from dmidecode.

ljb643 · 11-01-2009, 10:48 AM

Maybe related, maybe not. I have an Intel G965 motherboard with Intel 82801H (ICH8) HD Audio (Intel-HDA). After upgrade to Slackware 13.0 I got no sound at all from the front speaker jack, but sound works from the rear speaker jack. I looked into it a little and determined only that the snd_hda_intel driver at 2.6.29.6 was now "smarter" about programmable jacks and had decided that the front jack was something other than a speaker jack. I never got any further with it - I just use the rear jack.

admas · 11-01-2009, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ljb643

Maybe related, maybe not. I have an Intel G965 motherboard with Intel 82801H (ICH8) HD Audio (Intel-HDA). After upgrade to Slackware 13.0 I got no sound at all from the front speaker jack, but sound works from the rear speaker jack. I looked into it a little and determined only that the snd_hda_intel driver at 2.6.29.6 was now "smarter" about programmable jacks and had decided that the front jack was something other than a speaker jack. I never got any further with it - I just use the rear jack.

The only jacks I have on my laptop are two headphone jacks on the side and a microphone jack. I plugged in my headphones to all three jacks
and used aplay, but received no sound. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm all out of ideas, so you providing me with things to try is helpful.