sound on toshiba lappy (slackware 10.1)

canislupine · 11-23-2005, 12:16 PM

running slack 10.1 on a toshiba lappy, tried everything to find a way to get sound working, blacklisted the modem drivers, ran alsaconfig, alsamixer and alsactl store.......... the sound is ac 97, loads the intel8x0 mods.
After blacklisting the modem the sound card is now primary sound =0.
alsaconfig works, everything unmuted, sound all the way up
read a million pages trying to fix it, eyes tired, blood boiling, head about to explode, calling the military to nuke it soon
anyone have this problem and get it fixed?

Bruce Hill · 11-23-2005, 12:30 PM

Welcome to LQ!

I recommend throwing it in a box and mailing it to me. Your problems will be gone!

We usually issue "/sbin/lspci" to determine the actual soundchip, which isn't AC '97:

Code:

bruce@titus:~$ /sbin/lspci
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio

That is from my Toshiba lappy. It's an A65-S126.
Now let's have a look at our modules, shall we?

Code:

bruce@titus:~$ lsmod | grep snd
snd_pcm_oss            48416  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17408  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_atiixp             17120  0 
snd_ac97_codec         83452  1 snd_atiixp
snd_pcm                82696  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              21764  1 snd_pcm
snd                    46436  6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_atiixp,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               7648  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          8712  2 snd_atiixp,snd_pcm

We just wanted the sound modules, that's all. They'll need to be in your
kernel. If you run the stock one, they're already there. If your soundchip
is Intel, then it will be snd_intel8x0 and you can load your modules with:

Code:

root@titus:~# modprobe snd-intel8x0;modprobe snd-pcm-oss;modprobe snd-mixer-oss;modprobe snd-seq-oss

All Intel soundchips are the same, mate ... unless it's recently changed.

Hey, settle down and learn to search with
Google <Linux>

canislupine · 11-23-2005, 01:07 PM

lspci output
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
lsmod output
snd_pcm_oss 46752 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 221312 10
ohci_hcd 18824 0
intel_agp 18716 1
intelfb 28036 0
uhci_hcd 28944 0
ehci_hcd 28420 0
snd_intel8x0 27328 0
snd_ac97_codec 68088 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 76040 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 19588 1 snd_pcm
snd 44900 6 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 6880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7428 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

knew that, just very tired and didn't have laptop handy

canislupine · 11-23-2005, 01:41 PM

OK, tried the command u posted, still no sound, but it did change my lsmod output
snd_seq_oss 30080 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6016 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 45200 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6924 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 46752 0
snd_mixer_oss 16128 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 221312 10
ohci_hcd 18824 0
intel_agp 18716 1
intelfb 28036 0
uhci_hcd 28944 0
ehci_hcd 28420 0
snd_intel8x0 27328 1
snd_ac97_codec 68088 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 76040 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 19588 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 44900 10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd _timer
soundcore 6880 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7428 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

Bruce Hill · 11-23-2005, 01:45 PM

Issue "cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp" and see if sound comes from your speakers.
Be ready to hit Ctrl+C to stop it ... that's random data which sounds nasty.

Gotta leave town, but you need to check alsamixer as user, then alsactl store as root.

canislupine · 11-23-2005, 01:51 PM

bash: /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
good travels, I am always leaving town myself
anyone else have any ideas?

canislupine · 11-23-2005, 01:53 PM

and now I have 10-15 instances of arts in ps table............. red phone to military has speed dial