i tried slackware64 a while ago and i managed to get the sound to work, it implied to edit a conf file, ive search for the answer again and, couldnt find it, ive tried alsaconf, alsa snapshot and, mobprobe.conf , no luck, its an HP pav* dv4-1212la

# lspci|grep Audio

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller

$ uname -*
2.6.29.6 #3 SMP Mon Dec 7 15:01:06 CST 2009 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL-62 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

it works fine with auriculars, but its rather anoying,
thanks in avance.

i have another craptop from hp, probook 4515s, it has an ITE (Sigmatel - STAC) codec (with the same integrated soundcard as yours) and i needed to install alsa-driver to make the speakers work.
i downloaded the driver from alsa's homepage, then src2pkg'ed it, then installed it.
i'm on slackware64 13.0 vanilla edition.

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havent tried that, lest see, thanks

But it should work... Exactly same sound card on my laptop (HP Pavillion dv7) and it worked out of the box on Slackware64 13.0 and now on Gentoo.

Please use stock Slackware alsa* packages and reconfigure with alsaconf. Then check with alsamixer volume levels and if any channel is muted (MM) - unmute it. In case it still doesn't work, post here your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf.

Edit:

Also, when you set volume levels with alsamixer, don't forget to run alsactl store as root.

@kukibl i tried alsaconf and alsamixer unmutting, modprobe.d/alsa.conf, various models and nothing, the alsa driver sugested by doomey sends some message, on startup about alsactl, not working but is unabiable, on dmesg, sorry for any errors, right now i have no alsa.conf any sugestions on how to make/config, last time there where some great errors, that forced me reinstall, any new aproach is welcome

It works fine for me with no modifications (Slackware 13 64-bit). This might be obvious, but is the sound muted in kmix? What happens if you do modprobe snd_hda_intel?

no it isnt, its the fist thing ive checked, nothing happens when i # modprobe snd_hda_intel but im going to reinstall the stock slackware package

If modprobe doesn't return anything, that means your driver is loading fine. Odd that you had to tweak configuration files to get sound working the first time; that implies that you are doing something different. Are you trying to get sound through the default HP speakers?

Please post the output of "aplay -L", "aplay -l", and try running "mplayer /usr/share/sounds/k3b_success1.wav".

#first comand
default:CARD=SB
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, STAC92xx Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=HDMI
Default Audio Device
#second comand
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
#third comand
mplayer work but only on earphones

then find the corresponding section to that codec in: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio-Models.txt

select one of the models that corresponds to your laptop, and add the following into /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (create the file if it does not exist):

options snd-hda-intel model=$MODEL

replace $MODEL with the model you selected from HD-Audio-Models.txt that matches your laptop and is under the section for your codec

then modprobe -r snd_hda_intel ; modprobe snd_hda_intel


you might have to try more than one model before it works correctly

The hda module is broken in 2.6.33.
You must take /usr/src/linux/sound/pci/hda/* from 2.6.32.x

the hda module is not broken in 2.6.33

It is, on certain platforms like two of mine. Nforce 4 and MCP51 to be exact.
This regression was listed on kernel lists.

result "Codec: LSI ID 1040" searched for it on the file couldnt find any thing like that

maybe what alien bob's writes about debugging hda audio for his eeepc can help.