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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sound doesn't work on Asus-P5B-Deluxe
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:05:47
Message-Id: 58965d8a0903190805o28a17b1ar6f30170ff28e6be4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Sound doesn't work on Asus-P5B-Deluxe by rdkrsr
1 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:10 AM, rdkrsr <rdkrsr@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > I don't know if I'm right here, but I try.
5 >
6 > I try now for a few days to get sound working. At boot I see a message
7 > that alsa is loaded and I can hear a slight sound (as if I switch on
8 > my speakers) at that moment. I also hear that sound if I change volume
9 > in beep column of alsamixer. But no sound appears with command line
10 > players or in kde (system sounds).
11 >
12 > I did emerge -uvDNa system and world, configured kernel by hand,
13 > edited modprobe (but I didn't really know what to do).
14 >
15 > Maybe someone can help
16 > Red
17 >
18 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Asus_P5B_Deluxe
19 > spock ~ # uname -a
20 > Linux spock 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #5 SMP Wed Mar 18 20:39:24 CET 2009 i686 Intel(R)
21 > Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
22 >
23 > spock ~ # lspci -v | grep -i audio
24 > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
25 > Controller (rev 02)
26 >
27 > spock linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r8 # cat /proc/asound/cards
28 > 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
29 > HDA Intel at 0xffaf8000 irq 22
30 >
31 > spock ~ # cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa
32 > # Alsa kernel modules' configuration file.
33 >
34 > # ALSA portion
35 > alias char-major-116 snd
36 > # OSS/Free portion
37 > alias char-major-14 soundcore
38 >
39 > ##
40 > ## IMPORTANT:
41 > ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s)
42 > ## and then run `update-modules' command.
43 > ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info.
44 > ##
45 > ## ALSA portion
46 > alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
47 > ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave
48 > ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371
49 > ## OSS/Free portion
50 > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
51 > ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
52 > ##
53 >
54 >
55 > # OSS/Free portion - card #1
56 > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
57 > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
58 > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
59 > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
60 > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
61 > ## OSS/Free portion - card #2
62 > ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
63 > ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
64 > ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
65 >
66 > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
67 > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
68 > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
69 >
70 > # Set this to the correct number of cards.
71 > options snd cards_limit=1
72 >
73 > # from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto
74 > # options snd-hda-intel model=basic
75 > options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-dig
76 > #
77 > # in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
78 > # AD1988/AD1988B/AD1989A/AD1989B
79 > # 6stack 6-jack
80 > # 6stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
81 > # 3stack 3-jack
82 > # 3stack-dig ditto with SPDIF
83 > # laptop 3-jack with hp-jack automute
84 > # laptop-dig ditto with SPDIF
85 > # auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
86 > #
87 > spock ~ #
88 >
89
90 Did you check alsamixer to make sure it's not muted or 0 volume?