Re: [gentoo-user] My Continuing ALSA Woes

[Mark Knecht]

On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 08:12 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On 10/22/05, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > > There is no /etc/asound.state to remove.  There never was.  I haven't
> > > been able to generate one since I've had this computer.
> >
> > Yeah, with alsamixer not working for you there isn't a way to get it configured.
> >
> > What happens if you just run aplay?
> >
> > slocate *.wav and pick one, then aplaye somefile.wav
> >
> > I wonder if the card is truly muted at this point?
>
> camille sounds # aplay KDE_Desktop5.wav
> Playing WAVE 'KDE_Desktop5.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate
> 22050 Hz, Mono
>
> I turned my speakers all the way up before I issued the command, but no
> sound came out.  Just the usual tiny bit of static I hear when I turn
> the speaker up all the way.
>
> Also, when I log into GNOME I get this stupid error message box saying
> that no volume control was available or something like that.  Holly
> Bostick said something about GNOME's included sound server might be
> interfering with ALSA.  Is there a way I can check for that, and if I
> find it, turn it off so it's not interfering?

ps aux and look for sound stuff. I think it's called esound or esd.
Something like that. You can kill it or probably stop it nicely using
Gnome's configuration utilities.

> >
> > On other thing. Your card is rev. 3
> >
> > Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition
> > Audio Controller (rev 03)
> >
> > Richard's card is rev 4:
> >
> >  Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition
> > Audio Controller (rev 04)
> >
> > Possibly the Alsa developers haven't seen your revision and hence
> > somethign is a bit different? That sort of thing could easily cause a
> > problem if the differences are very significant. I think Richard said
> > his was in a laptop. I have been assumign yours is in a desktop. This
> > means (probably) that you are using different chipsets.
>
> Yes, mine is a desktop.

It's a new card and support is probably touchy. I will not tell you
(right now) how long I had to wait to get support for my HDSP 9652 as
you might draw conclusions that would make you cry, and I don't think
it will happen to you. ;-) Maybe after you get yours working. ;-)

Cheers,
Mark

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