Re: [gentoo-user] ALSA - Still No Sound

[Bill Kenworthy]

what does "lsmod" say?

This is on a jetway MB with an onboard nvidia chipset so not quite the
same as yours (only sound and the nvidia module are modularised) - in
particular make sure that you are building the "Intel HD Audio" codecs -
it isnt immediately obvious that its required.

BillK


myth3 linux # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_pcm_oss            37091  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14409  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1335  0 
snd_seq_oss            26582  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      5148  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                47261  5
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_usb_audio          76036  0 
snd_usb_lib            16911  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            17403  1 snd_usb_lib
snd_seq_device          4917  4
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi    12443  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   261601  1 
easycap              1258666  0 
nvidia              10078248  36 
snd_hda_intel          20392  4 
snd_hda_codec          67766  3
snd_hda_codec_nvhdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
lirc_wb677             22727  1 
snd_hwdep               5724  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
lirc_dev               10091  3 lirc_wb677
snd_pcm                68302  5
snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,easycap,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              17708  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    49975  23
snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_realtek,easycap,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               5135  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          6641  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
myth3 linux #

On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 18:19 -0500, dhk wrote:
> I still can't get sound to work.  Can someone tell me what's wrong?  In
> addition to my earlier thread below I have INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" and
> ALSA_CARDS="AC97" in my make.conf.
>
> The following that someone suggented does nothing.
> > modprobe snd-intel8x0; modprobe snd-pcm-oss; modprobe snd-mixer-oss;
> modprobe snd-seq-oss
>
> I've also tried a second sound card and alternate set of speakers.  Also
> nothing is muted or turned down.
>
> According to http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ my card works.
> 10de00ea Yes nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller
> snd-intel8x0 v2.6.25-
>
>
> On 01/22/2011 08:16 PM, dhk wrote:
> > Can someone tell me why I don't have sound?  I've followed the
> > instructions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml and
> > everything seems to be working, but there's still no sound.  I've also
> > swapped out the speakers, made sure they were powered on, and the volume
> > turned up.  Also I'm in the audio group and the channels are unmuted
> > with the volume at 75%.
> >
> > One thing I did notice is that after running alsaconf there aren't any
> > modules in /etc/modules.d/, in fact the directory doesn't even exist.
> > Now if there aren't any modules to load that's fine, but since I don't
> > hear anything I'm not so sure.
> >
> > Below is what's on my ~amd64 system.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > # rc-update show | grep -i alsa
> >            alsasound | boot
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
> >  * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
> >  * Storing ALSA Mixer Levels ...
> >   [ ok ]
> >  * Loading ALSA modules ...
> >  *   Loading: snd-card-0 ...
> >   [ ok ]
> >  * Restoring Mixer Levels ...
> >   [ ok ]
> >
> > # lspci -v | grep -i audio
> > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb
> > AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)
> >
> > # cat /etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86_64-2.6.36-gentoo-r5 | egrep -i
> > 'sound|ac97|alsa'
> > CONFIG_SOUND=m
> > CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE=y
> > CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM=y
> > CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m
> > # CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE is not set
> > # CONFIG_SOUND_PRIME is not set
> > CONFIG_AC97_BUS=m
> > CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_ALSA_SUPPORT=y
> > # CONFIG_CRYPTO_SALSA20 is not set
> > CONFIG_CRYPTO_SALSA20_X86_64=m
> >
> > # cat /proc/asound/cards
> >  0 [CK8S           ]: NFORCE - NVidia CK8S
> >                       NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at irq 20
> >  1 [UART           ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART
> >                       MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5
> >
> > # cat /proc/asound/version
> > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
> >
> > # cat /proc/asound/oss/sndstat
> > Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v1.0.23 emulation code)
> > Kernel: Linux jenny 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 16:53:04 EST 2011
> > x86_64
> > Config options: 0
> >
> > Installed drivers:
> > Type 10: ALSA emulation
> >
> > Card config:
> > NVidia CK8S with ALC850 at irq 20
> > MPU-401 UART at 0x300, irq 5
> >
> > Audio devices:
> > 0: NVidia CK8S (DUPLEX)
> >
> > Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG
> >
> > Midi devices:
> > 1: MPU-401 UART MIDI
> >
> > Timers:
> > 31: system timer
> >
> > Mixers:
> > 0: Realtek ALC850 rev 0
> > 1: mixer10
>
> Thanks again,
>
> dhk
>