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Old 05-01-2005, 02:57 PM   #1
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No Sound - Haory 5.04, Compaq Armada 7800 Laptop


I'm a newbie to LINUX & UBUNTU. Been reading the threads regarding sound problems hoping to find a soultion to my situation, but have finally given up & will post a request for help.

In a nutshell, UBUNTU doesn't recognise that there is a soundcard, whereas in WIndows sound works fine.

Here are some details from my system. In advance, I'll say thanks to anyone who can help me out. Other than the sound issue, I have been really enjoying my linux experience.

Bryan

Details: (sri abt length of post!)

Computer is a Compaq Armada 7800. 300MHz, 96M ram. 5 G hard drive split 2G for Win, 3 G for linux.
Dual boot with Win-98 & Ubuntu Hoary 5.04.

bryan@bandit:~$ uname -r
2.6.10-5-386


Windows recognises the sound card. Works just fine in Windows, shows up as:
Soundcard: ES1879 ESS technology.
IO range 0250=0257.
Driver ES1879 controller interface.
Microsoft

Logged in as root, I tried the following modprobe:
root@bandit:/ # modprobe snd-es18xx
FATAL: Error inserting snd_es18xx (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko): No such device
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_es18xx

My Card doesn't show up in lspci:
bryan@bandit:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation Northstar (rev 01)
0000:00:00.1 PCI bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation Northstar (rev 01)
0000:00:0c.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
0000:00:0c.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1250 (rev 02)
0000:00:0e.0 ISA bridge: Compaq Computer Corporation CETUS-L (rev 03)
0000:00:0e.1 IDE interface: Compaq Computer Corporation Triflex Dual EIDE Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:0e.2 USB Controller: Compaq Computer Corporation ZFMicro Chipset USB (rev 11)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/MX (rev 06)
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: Linksys ADMtek ADM8211 802.11b Wireless Interface (rev 20)

Here are the loaded modules:
bryan@bandit:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
isofs 33720 0
udf 77060 0
proc_intf 4100 0
freq_table 4100 0
cpufreq_userspace 4572 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
pcmcia 21380 4
video 16260 0
sony_acpi 6280 0
pcc_acpi 11264 0
button 6800 0
battery 10244 0
container 4608 0
ac 4996 0
ipv6 229504 9
af_packet 20744 2
ohci_hcd 19848 0
usbcore 107384 2 ohci_hcd
arc4 2048 1
adm8211 52224 0
yenta_socket 19584 1
pcmcia_core 53568 2 pcmcia,yenta_socket
pci_hotplug 30512 0
analog 10784 0
ns558 5632 0
gameport 4608 2 analog,ns558
rtc 12216 0
pcspkr 3816 0
floppy 54864 0
irtty_sir 7936 0
sir_dev 18092 1 irtty_sir
irda 168000 2 irtty_sir,sir_dev
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
nls_iso8859_1 4224 1
nls_cp437 5888 1
vfat 12928 1
fat 37792 1 vfat
md 43856 0
dm_mod 53116 1
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7808 1 capability
tsdev 7488 0
evdev 9088 0
psmouse 19336 0
mousedev 11160 1
parport_pc 34372 1
lp 10792 0
parport 33480 2 parport_pc,lp
ide_cd 38532 0
cdrom 36508 1 ide_cd
ext3 120968 1
jbd 54168 1 ext3
ide_generic 1664 0
triflex 4224 1
ide_disk 18176 4
ide_core 118988 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,triflex,ide_disk
unix 26164 879
thermal 13576 0
processor 22708 1 thermal
fan 4612 0
fbcon 34048 0
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 5120 1 fbcon
vesafb 6948 0
cfbcopyarea 3968 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3072 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3584 1 vesafb
 
Old 05-01-2005, 03:41 PM   #2
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A bit of digging reveals this to be an ISA card (which explains why lspci doesn't show it) and a look at my kernel source suggests that you need to load the snd-es18xx module (modprobe snd-es18xx). If that works then add it to the list of boot time modules (/etc/modprobe.preload I think) and it should then load every boot.

HTH
 
Old 05-01-2005, 04:01 PM   #3
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Well, the system isn't too happy with the modprobe - see below.
root@bandit:/ # modprobe snd-es18xx
FATAL: Error inserting snd_es18xx (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko): No such device
FATAL: Error running install command for snd_es18xx

Bryan
 
Old 05-01-2005, 04:12 PM   #4
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Sorry, should have read closer. Does dmesg give any hints about what went wrong? What does modinfo snd-ex18xx report? Look at setting a port= or irq= type option. dmesg will hopefully tell precisely which test failed and consequently what info needs to be supplied.
 
Old 05-01-2005, 09:06 PM   #5
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Thanks for your help! Haven't nailed it down yet. I'm not sure what I should look for in the dmesg output. It's a bit lengthy to post the whole thing here. It does refer to some pnp addresses:

pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0x250-0x257 has been reserved <-- this is the address range Windows used for the sound card.
pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0x270-0x271 has been reserved
pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0x40b-0x40b has been reserved
pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0x4d6-0x4d6 has been reserved
pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0xc48-0xc4a has been reserved
pnp: 00:05: ioport range 0xc6c-0xc6d has been reserved
pnp: 00:0f: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
pnp: 00:0f: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
pnp: 00:0f: ioport range 0xc10-0xc1f has been reserved
pnp: 00:0f: ioport range 0xc80-0xc9f could not be reserved


And here is the output of modinfo:
root@bandit:/ # modinfo snd-es18xx
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/kernel/sound/isa/snd-es18xx.ko
author: Christian Fischbach <fishbach@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>, A bramo Bagnara <abramo@alsa-project.org>
description: ESS ES18xx AudioDrive
license: GPL
parm: index:Index value for ES18xx soundcard.
parm: id:ID string for ES18xx soundcard.
parm: enable:Enable ES18xx soundcard.
parm: isapnp:PnP detection for specified soundcard.
parm: port:Port # for ES18xx driver.
parm: mpu_port:MPU-401 port # for ES18xx driver.
parm: fm_port:FM port # for ES18xx driver.
parm: irq:IRQ # for ES18xx driver.
parm: dma1MA 1 # for ES18xx driver.
parm: dma2MA 2 # for ES18xx driver.
vermagic: 2.6.10-5-386 preempt 386 gcc-3.3
depends: snd-pcm,snd,snd-opl3-lib,snd-mpu401-uart
alias: pnp:cESS1868dESS1868dESS0000*
alias: pnp:cESS1868dESS8601dESS8600*
alias: pnp:cESS1868dESS8611dESS8610*
alias: pnp:cESS0003dESS1869dESS0006*
alias: pnp:cESS1869dESS1869dESS0006*
alias: pnp:cESS1878dESS1878dESS0004*
alias: pnp:cESS1879dESS1879dESS0009*
srcversion: 2A7952BB92B73FC3A09BEC9
 
Old 05-02-2005, 11:12 AM   #6
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Nothing glaringly obvious there I'm afraid. Have a look in /proc/ioports and see what's using the 0xc80-0xc9f range. As something else to try, try loading it "modprobe snd-es18xx port=0x250" although I don't think this'll work as it (based on the dmesg output) is already using that address. If you find what's blocking it though and modprobe -r it then it might work.
 
Old 02-28-2007, 08:46 AM   #7
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Help!!!!!!

I've got a simular if not identical problem with my Armada it came w/Windows 2k- Audio worked just fine, video-Idunno. Any way, I hate Windows and decided to join the Linux revolution only to discover that i am a bit further out of the technology loop than i should ever be, and apparently been stupefied by windows for the past decade or so, and dont know what i'm doing. so i need a bit of a crash course on Linux.

I will say this, the Ubuntu install went a lot cleaner than Blag.

My sound drivers wont work, or it doesn't recognize the sound card.

1 of the error messages state:
No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or no devices found

Modprobe was mentioned earlier, how/where are those entered?

I appreciate all of the help as well.
 
Old 03-01-2007, 08:06 AM   #8
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I received this helpful message from someone when I first posted the help request. (I, unfortunately didn't keep his/her name.) It worked like a charm!

---
I'm running Hoary on a Compaq Deskpro Dpend. I also had trouble getting sound to work until I found this solution:

* Save the following lines in the file /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard

Code:

alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias snd-card-0 snd-es18xx
options snd-es18xx enable=1 isapnp=0 port=0x220 mpu_port=0x388 fm_port=0x330 irq=5 dma1=1 dma2=0


* sudo modprobe snd-es18xx
* sudo /etc/init.d/alsa restart

Voila! I'm not sure if this will work on Warty or not but I thought I should post it just in case somebody else has the same problem.
----
 
Old 03-01-2007, 02:19 PM   #9
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forgive me i'm slow.
VA30G Thankyou.- but here is what happens

blaze@Blaze-Laptop:~$ /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard: No such file or directory

blaze@Blaze-Laptop:~$ /etc/
bash: /etc/: is a directory

blaze@Blaze-Laptop:~$ /etc/modprobe.d/
bash: /etc/modprobe.d/: is a directory

Apparently i don't have a the soundcard file (or txt, scripy-what is it) how do i insert it? root owns it how do i get in as root?
 
Old 03-01-2007, 02:41 PM   #10
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x that slow part, well sort of. i logged in as root all is good so far thankyou for your help
 
Old 03-02-2007, 11:06 AM   #11
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there is nothing quite like victory and defeat all within 30 seconds....
mod probe worked...sort of, i got sound and sound drivers tested but it wont last,
ran mod probe, it says the same issue at start up also,
root@Blaze-Laptop:~# sudo modprobe snd-es18xx
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'Code:'
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'Code:'
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/soundcard line 1: ignoring bad line starting with 'Code:'
It recognizes the sound card at 1879, it shows up in device manager, but as soon as I restart it is gone, and I have to do it all over again with the same results.


There is a problem here problealso with sudo /etc/init.d/alsa restart
root@Blaze-Laptop:~# sudo /etc/init.d/alsa restart
sudo: /etc/init.d/alsa: command not found

and the volume control keeps the "no sound symbol" and when you try to adjust the volume it usually says:
The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control.
This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed,
or that you don't have a sound card configured.
I presume that this will be resolved once the sound card is satisfactorily configured, it will eventually allow me to adjust the sound but the character wont change
 
Old 03-08-2007, 11:55 AM   #12
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deleted line says Code: since it obviously wasn't to be included.
mod probe works, when ever i run it how do i configure the system to run it automatically?
 
Old 03-08-2007, 11:55 AM   #13
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"alsa restart" is no good
 
Old 03-13-2007, 10:32 AM   #14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlazeTechnologyWorx
"alsa restart" is no good
Well, I must admit I am out of my depth. Maybe someone else can shed light on your situation.
Good Luck!
 
Old 03-14-2007, 01:22 PM   #15
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How Do You Get The Mod Probe To Run Itself Every Time The System Boots??
 
  


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