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Sound issue slack10.1 and intel onboard card

I installed the brand new slackware 10.1 in a HP/Compaq evo desktop every thing goes fine except the sound that doesn't work. I tried a couple of tips that I have found here at "the do not allow me to put the F&*% URL" but not of them worked. I wondering if some one have already solved this prbblem. Below one can see more details:

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#lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
snd-pcm-oss 36704 0
snd-mixer-oss 12152 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24284 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused)
usbcore 58860 1 [uhci ehci-hcd]
snd-intel8x0 18080 0
snd-ac97-codec 52472 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 54504 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer 13412 0 [snd-pcm]
snd 31268 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore 3396 4 [snd]
snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
eepro100 18836 1
mii 2272 0 [eepro100]
ntfs 51232 1 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 9392 0
agpgart 45092 7
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#lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) LPC Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) Ultra ATA 100 Storage Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)
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Another interesting thing is my dmesg output. Something seems to went wrong and the dmesg command returns a couple of times this error message at startup:

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#dmesg
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: shpc_init : shpc_cap_offset == 0
shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.5
i810_rng: RNG not detected
hw_random: RNG not detected
intelfb: Framebuffer driver for Intel(R) 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G chipsets
intelfb: Version 0.7.7, written by David Dawes <dawes@tungstengraphics.com>
PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:02.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1d.0
intelfb: Cannot reserve FB region.
Trying to free nonexistent resource <fc400000-fc47ffff>
Trying to free nonexistent resource <f0000000-f7ffffff>
#################################################

I hope some one can give me a tip because i am complete newbie in sound card and kernel modules configuration.

Thanks in advance.

hi there,

did you run "alsaconf" ???
what is the output??
did you compile your kernel by yourself or is the original PV kernel??
is it 2.4X or 2.6x ???
more input.. please..
the output of your dmesg has nothing to do with your sound problem...
regards

slackie1000

[edit] beated ..... need to learn how to type faster...

Quote:

Originally posted by slackie1000
beated ..... need to learn how to type faster...

On the contrary, i should put more info.. But i've seen the same problem on 3 posts today alone :)

also alsa is muted by default in slackware.

Yes i have already run alsaconf. It apparently detected and configured my sound card but unfortunatelly it doesn't work. I tried some tips given in the thread "Sound issues in slackware 10.1" but doesn't works too. I tried to unmute all channels using alsamixer and: Guess what?! nothing hapens. I don't know guys but it is truely driving me crazy. A friend of mine showed me that a apparently a module needed by my sound card can not be loaded I don't get the point. He told me to execute this command:

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#modprobe -v i810_audio
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.o.gz
Symbol version prefix ''
/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz
Using /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: init_module: No such device
/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz failed
# delete ac97_codec
/lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz: insmod i810_audio failed
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But the module seens to be there

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#ls -la /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14867 2005-01-21 02:02 /lib/modules/2.4.29/kernel/drivers/sound/i810_audio.o.gz
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my kernel is 2.4.49, It was the first in the menu option when installing the distribution. My desktop is a compaq/HP evo D31vm.

Tks for the replyies,

Out of curiosity, exit X back into CLI, look for an mp3 to play, and try playing it with AMP (cli mp3 player). See if you get sound there. Lets try to isolate the problem to either a big one, or a kde one :)

And i think you're refering to 2.4.29 btw.

i guess i810_audio module is oss.
if you already have alsa modules loaded ( snd-intel8x0 ) then
the other won't load.

but you don't need it as you're using alsa.

egag

I´m afraid we´ve got a big one. Each time I tried a new configuration I tested to play my Smurf_theme.mp3 file using mpeg123, if is that what you meant.

I am very glad to hear from you all so soon

After many problems with the Intel 810 card I finally found a fix. It is a script that WORKS:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=311565

here we go again

I actually couldn't understanding what you meant, what I did:

1 I created a ~/.asound using a normal user acount
2 I put the content given in your website to this file
3 I rebooted the host
4 nothing different happened

I don't know for sure but I can't see how a script to mix sound chanels could help me if my problem is the module initialization.

Thanks for trying to help me

Try blacklisting the module for the modem sound (snd-intel8x0m) as described in the last post of that thread mentioned two posts up. I have the same soundcard and this works for me every time.

I tried but doesn't work. Maybe the module name for blacklisting is not the same.

hi there,

some questions:

1. did you make a custom or a default installation? did you include the alsa-driver and alsa-library?
2. when you try to play something, let's say xmms/mpg321 what exactly is the behaviour? error messages or nothing?
3. are you using hotplug?
4. artsd is running?

regards

slackie1000

1 - I did a full instalion the alsa drivers and libraries are here.

2 - Running mpg123 or xmms using libarts.so i get the same behavior. Appearantly the music is playing but I can't hear nothing. I tried to unmute some chanels but nothing hapens.

3- Yes I am using hotplug.

4- How can I figure out if rts is running?