I am having a problem getting sound working on my "new" old box. I can't help feeling like I am missing something obvious but am getting nowhere.
It is dual P4 3.0GHZ, 1GB RAM Intel i915 chipset.
I am running generic-smp kernel.
Have searched threads here, tried alsactl and alsamixer steps repeatedly and carefully I think. Users are all members of audio and plugdev groups, among others.
I get moderate but low sound from headphone jack, and very low (almost inaudible) sound from speakers.
Tesitng using aplay /usr/share/sound/alsa/... wave files
Some info:
Code:
lspci
...
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
...
Code:
lsmod (removed non-sound related modules by guess)
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 1107 0
snd_seq_oss 25580 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4620 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 42857 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 4543 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 33917 0
snd_mixer_oss 13399 1 snd_pcm_oss
...
snd_hda_codec_realtek 185089 1
...
snd_hda_intel 18936 0
...
snd_hda_codec 57091 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
...
snd_hwdep 5046 1 snd_hda_codec
...
snd_pcm 57736 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
...
snd_timer 15699 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
...
snd 43107 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 4815 1 snd
...
snd_page_alloc 5849 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
Code:
cat /etc/asound.state
state.Intel {
control.1 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 64'
comment.dbmin -6400
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Front Playback Volume'
value.0 52
value.1 52
}
control.2 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Front Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.3 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 64'
comment.dbmin -6400
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Surround Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.4 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Surround Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.5 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 64'
comment.dbmin -6400
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Center Playback Volume'
value 0
}
control.6 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 64'
comment.dbmin -6400
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'LFE Playback Volume'
value 0
}
control.7 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Center Playback Switch'
value false
}
control.12 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Line Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.13 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 65'
comment.dbmin -3500
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.14 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.15 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 65'
comment.dbmin -3500
comment.dbmax 3000
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.16 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Front Mic Playback Switch'
value.0 false
value.1 false
}
control.17 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Headphone Playback Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.18 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 '2ch'
comment.item.1 '6ch'
iface MIXER
name 'Channel Mode'
value '2ch'
}
control.19 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.20 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 2
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Switch'
index 1
value.0 true
value.1 true
}
control.21 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 35'
comment.dbmin 0
comment.dbmax 3500
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.22 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 2
comment.range '0 - 35'
comment.dbmin 0
comment.dbmax 3500
iface MIXER
name 'Capture Volume'
index 1
value.0 0
value.1 0
}
control.23 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 'Front Mic'
comment.item.2 Line
comment.item.3 CD
iface MIXER
name 'Input Source'
value Mic
}
control.24 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type ENUMERATED
comment.count 1
comment.item.0 Mic
comment.item.1 'Front Mic'
comment.item.2 Line
comment.item.3 CD
iface MIXER
name 'Input Source'
index 1
value Mic
}
control.25 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type INTEGER
comment.count 1
comment.range '0 - 64'
comment.dbmin -6400
comment.dbmax 0
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Volume'
value 52
}
control.26 {
comment.access 'read write'
comment.type BOOLEAN
comment.count 1
iface MIXER
name 'Master Playback Switch'
value true
}
Thanks for all replies...
