Two sound cards installed

jamasoo · 12-05-2010, 05:23 PM

Hi,

I have two sound cards installed on my computer... none is working, my built-in card is damaged, but the Ensoniq is working alright with

built-in sound card:
VIA Technologies

normal sound card:
Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI]

This is my lspci:

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880B [AudioPCI] (rev 02)
00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)

and my dmesg:

Quote:

VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
ENS1371 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16

I already unmutted and raised all the sound levels in the two cards with alsamixer after using alsaconf, but with no success.

Also tried:

Quote:

root@Atlantis:/home/cv# cat /proc/asound//version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
root@Atlantis:/home/cv# cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep codec
cat: /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0: Is a directory
cat: /proc/asound/card1/codec97#0: Is a directory

Thanks in advance for any help!

Regards,
Jamasoo

andrewthomas · 12-05-2010, 06:48 PM

You just need to set the Ensoniq card as the default. Check this out:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...ult_sound_card

Daedra · 12-05-2010, 08:34 PM

Here is another link that is a little more slackware specific but same principal.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...device-713793/

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 07:58 AM

Andrewthomas and Daedra,

Some more information i have gathered...

cv@Atlantis:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [V8235 ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
VIA 8235 with AD1980 at 0xe000, irq 22
1 [AudioPCI ]: ENS1371 - Ensoniq AudioPCI
Ensoniq AudioPCI ENS1371 at 0xd400, irq 16

root@Atlantis:/home/cv# cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_via82xx
1 snd_ens1371

root@Atlantis:/home/cv# ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_ac97_codec -> ../../snd_ac97_codec
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_ens1371 -> ../../snd_ens1371
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_mixer_oss -> ../../snd_mixer_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_mpu401_uart -> ../../snd_mpu401_uart
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_pcm_oss -> ../../snd_pcm_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_rawmidi -> ../../snd_rawmidi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_seq -> ../../snd_seq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_seq_oss -> ../../snd_seq_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 6 11:18 snd_via82xx -> ../../snd_via82xx

I have added these two lines to my /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (as proposed above by Andrewthomas):

options snd-ens1371 index=0
options snd-pcsp index=1

but still no success!

Daedra,

Maybe your blog instructions are not Slackware compatible? I tried:

stratos@homepc:~$ sudo asoundconf list (i got sudo: asoundconf: command not found)
Names of available sound cards:
NVidia
U0x46d0x8d9
stratos@homepc:~$ sudo asoundconf set-default-card NVidia

(i got sudo asoundconf list

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

Password:
)

I could not continue because neither my root nor my normal user password functioned.

One thing odd is that yesterday i managed to open all programs Kmix, Aumix, Alsamixer, but today none of them is loading anymore:

root@Atlantis:/home/cv# kmix
<unknown program name>(2317)/: KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server: "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

<unknown program name>(2316)/: KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 08:19 AM

I have found a similar problem here at linuxquestions:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...niq-via-65639/

He has the same hardware configuration as me (what are the odds?) except that my onboard card does not work. No need to go to the Bios? I guess not...

Thanks again for any help!

andrewthomas · 12-06-2010, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamasoo

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

In order to use sudo you need to add your user to the sudoers file.
First get root, then

Code:

export EDITOR=nano
visudo

or just issue the visudo command if you are comfortable using vi.
Add the following line to the file and you will be able to use the sudo command using your user password.

Code:

stratos    ALL=(ALL) ALL

Then try

Code:

alias snd-card-0 snd-ens1371
alias sound-slot-0 snd-ens1371
options snd-ens1371 index=0
alias snd-card-1 snd-via82xx
alias sound-slot-1 snd-via82xx
options snd-via82xx index=1

and save it as /etc/modprobe.d/sound

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 01:17 PM

After i did what you told me:

Quote:

# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
# Failure to use 'visudo' may result in syntax or file permission errors
# that prevent sudo from running.
#
# See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

# Host alias specification
# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# Defaults specification

# Runas alias specification

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
stratos ALL=(ALL) ALL
# Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

# Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

# Samples

i still got:

Quote:

cv is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

Although alsamixer is now recognizing Ensoniq as my primary card...

Richard Cranium · 12-06-2010, 01:31 PM

You were logged in a "stratos" before. Add the line corresponding to the user you want to be logged in as with sudo privileges.

Or uncomment the

Code:

# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL

line and add the user you want to be able to sudo to the wheel group. That user will have to log out and log in for that change to take affect.

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 02:16 PM

I changed it, but now i get this:

Quote:

cv@Atlantis:~$ sudo asoundconf list
Password:
sudo: asoundconf: command not found

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 02:22 PM

root@Atlantis:/home/cv# cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_ens1371
1 snd_via82xx

andrewthomas · 12-06-2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamasoo

I changed it, but now i get this:

That is because slackware does not have an asoundconf command.

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 02:40 PM

dmesg:

Quote:

ENS1371 0000:00:0d.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
udev: renamed network interface eth1 to eth0
udev: renamed network interface eth0_rename to eth1
VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: PCI INT C -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
VIA 82xx Audio 0000:00:11.5: setting latency timer to 64
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]

andrewthomas · 12-06-2010, 02:48 PM

Does sound now work with the Ensoniq card?

jamasoo · 12-06-2010, 02:52 PM

Nope!

andrewthomas · 12-06-2010, 02:57 PM

I would then go through the troubleshooting steps here:

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Troubleshooting