Missing sound card after trying to "tighten" up my kernel

[imbiea]

OK, I 'think' this is simple, but I must be missing a dependency here.

I've often done a little more specific tuning of my kernel, however this time... I must have tuned too much.

I've got three kernels in my config now... a 3.3.8 that I built pretty generic, a 3.3.8 kernel (all of these are gentoo-sources) that I tried to minimize what I needed, and a 3.4.9 that I also tried to minimize what I needed.

I have the following...

[epsilon72]

To rule out it being a bug with the new kernel, maybe you could take your current slimmed down kernel config and use it with the older "working" kernel.
I've only ever used "make oldconfig" for kernel upgrades, but perhaps it'll work ok for a downgrade as well? Can anyone provide any input on that?

Just copy your slimmed down .config file to the "working" kernel's directory and run "make oldconfig".

[Ant P.]

If pavucontrol isn't showing the analog outputs, what *does* it show in that device selection?

[imbiea]

epsilon72, I have a slimed down 3.3.8 kern AND and working 3.3.8. so I don't think it's a bug with the kernel, but rather something I'm missing in my .config that is a dependency of sometype?

pavucontrol shows a "dummy output" in the slimed down version, where as the non-slimmed down one shows analog output. Under the config tab i ONLY have the High def audio controller, not the "Built in Audio"

[Ant P.]

Do you have two HDA sound cards? Your lspci output only shows one.

[imbiea]

Just one card. (I think...It's on-board It has both analog 3.5mm jack output and HD audio.

I suppose maybe it's seen as two..
I supposed I should repost this.. with both.

both still use the intel_hda drivers though....

It's a Asus MB

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00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8410
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 42
Region 0: Memory at fb700000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Address: 00000000fee0f00c Data: 4189
Capabilities: [70] Express (v1) Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
ExtTag- RBE- FLReset+
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed unknown, Width x0, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us
ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed unknown, Width x0, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel


01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 1312
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
Region 0: Memory at fb080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [78] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us
ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
RlxdOrd- ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <1us
ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+
DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-
LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB
Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1-
EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest-
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel


I could both both full kernel configs... though... not sure if everyone wants to see 1500 or so lines of config...

[pidsley]

[wcg]

Maybe do a diff between the 3.3.8 .config where sound works as expected
and the 3.3.8 .config where some outputs seem to be missing, and post or
pastebin->post that.
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[The Doctor]

While this is a bit of a non-answer to your problem, you might want to look at kernel-seeds.org for guidance in slimming a kernel. He even has seeds available that are very slim and an app on the page I linked that will tell you exactly which modules you need. I have been a kernel configured like this for a long time, and besides being quick to compile, it all my hardware works flawlessly.
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