Slackware 14.0: Realtek ALC887-VD -> no sound

slacksam · 11-28-2012, 03:57 PM

Using Slackware 14.0, I can't get no sound from my new mainboard.

Here are the outputs of some commands:

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe020000 irq 40
 1 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI
Codec: Realtek ALC887-VD

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_hda_intel
 1 snd_hda_intel

Code:

# rmmod snd-hda-intel
# modprobe snd-hda-intel model=auto

Code:

# alsactl init 0
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "ATI R6xx HDMI" "HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200" "0x1458" "0x1314"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method

Code:

# alsactl init 1
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD" "HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302" "0x1458" "0xa002"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:48: control element not found

Code:

# alsamixer -c 0  # works
# alsamixer -c 1
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

I also tested if sound works in some live cd/dvd distributions, and it does.
But what can I do to make it work with Slackware?

malekmustaq · 11-29-2012, 11:03 AM

The realtek ALC887 chip mixer contends with the alsa mixer, this often happens if the KDE environment is not run and configured at first boot after install.

Try create a file:

Code:

~# touch /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf 
~# echo "options snd-hda-intel model=generic" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

Restart.

Mplayer and all other audio apps should play this time.

Hope that helps.

Good luck.

slacksam · 11-29-2012, 11:48 AM

Thank you, malekmustaq.
But still no success.

Now with

Code:

$ alsamixer -c 0

AlsaMixer starts but shows the message

Code:

This sound device does not have any controls.

and still I get

Code:

$ alsamixer -c 1
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

Moc also quits with an error message

Code:

$ mocp
Running the server...
Trying ALSA...
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Trying OSS...

FATAL_ERROR: No valid sound driver


FATAL_ERROR: Server exited

kkady32 · 12-22-2012, 08:26 AM

RealTek ALC887-VD work for me:

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff4000 irq 16

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC887-VD

you must setting one device:
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:har...s_on_slackware

slacksam · 01-09-2013, 03:06 PM

@kkady32: Thanks for your reply, but that didn't work for me.

To make it work, I first had to make the following entry into a /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf file (I used sound.conf):

Code:

options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0
options snd-hda-intel enable=0 index=1

After rebooting my machine, now I get the following outputs:

Code:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16

$ cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC887-VD

Sound generally works with moc and vlc, but alsamixer still doesn't work.
I get the following output:

Code:

$ alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

How I can make alsamixer work?

kkady32 · 01-10-2013, 01:52 AM

put in /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf:

Code:

options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=auto

slacksam · 01-10-2013, 04:27 AM

Thank you kkady32, but that changes nothing.

Alsamixer still quits with the error messages above, and using alsaclt I get the following output:

Code:

# alsactl init
Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC887-VD" "HDA:10ec0887,1458a002,00100302" "0x1458" "0xa002"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:26: control element not found
/usr/share/alsa/init/default:48: control element not found

Here's the content of my sound.conf:

Code:

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
options snd-hda-intel enable=1 index=0 model=auto
options snd-hda-intel enable=0 index=1

kkady32 · 01-10-2013, 04:33 AM

i have :

Code:

cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf
options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=auto

Code:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Code:

cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff4000 irq 16
 1 [F1020          ]: USB-Audio - FaceCam 1020
                      KYE Systems Corp. FaceCam 1020 at usb-0000:00:12.2-2, high speed

and change in your /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf the "-" with "_"(snd_hda_intel not snd-hda-intel)

slacksam · 01-10-2013, 04:57 AM

That doesn't work for me.
With this sound.conf:

Code:

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
options snd_hda_intel index=0 model=auto

sound doesn't work and I get the same outputs like in my first post and the following:

Code:

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe020000 irq 40
 1 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16

kkady32 · 01-10-2013, 04:59 AM

ok then try to put :

Code:

options snd_hda_intel index=1 model=auto

slacksam · 01-10-2013, 06:01 AM

Thank you, that brings a little progress:

Code:

$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [SB             ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
                      HDA ATI SB at 0xfe024000 irq 16
 1 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe020000 irq 40

$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Sound works in moc and vlc.
But the output with alsamixer is still the same:

Code:

$ alsamixer
cannot load mixer controls: Invalid argument

(btw: It doesn't matter if I use "-" or "_" in the sound.conf. The results are the same.)

kkady32 · 01-10-2013, 07:09 AM

try to remove /var/lib/alsa/asound.state and reboot after
i found this ,maybe help....

slacksam · 01-13-2013, 03:51 AM

That didn't work for me. After removing the asound.state I get no sound at all.

Stupib me, I didn't make a backup of the asound.state.

Is there a way to generate a new one? I tried to copy it from an installation on another computer, but it looks like that one doesn't work on this system.

btw.: Is there a way to reset alsa (or make alsa use changes in the configuration) without rebooting my machine?

slacksam · 01-13-2013, 05:28 PM

After using

Code:

# amixer -c0 cset numid=2 100%

sound works. But after rebooting my machine it mutes again, so I have to use amixer again to raise the volume.

Saving the settings doesn't work:

Code:

# alsactl store
alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument

# alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state store 0
alsactl: get_control:250: Cannot read control info '2,0,0,Front Playback Volume,0': Invalid argument

Darth Vader · 01-13-2013, 05:53 PM

@OP: Just a note. Looks like in your setup, the HDMI "sound card" is activated first, and your system believe that there is the sound output.

If I will have your problem, I will try first to disable the HDMI audio, i.e. in case of Radeon, I will load the radeon module with audio=0 as parameter.