SiS7012 + ALSA can it work? [Solved]

PsychoDad · Last edited by PsychoDad on Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:40 pm; edited 1 time in total

hi all!
i installed gentoo 2004.0 and i want also to enable sound on my system so i followed the ALSA guide (im using gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.5) and all seems to be fine and the modules loaded (i have SiS 7012) and i didnt get any error messege but i also didny get any sounds :\
so i tried to play a little with the kernel but it didnt help and it even got worse and now im getting this error messege :

PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:18 pm Post subject:

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Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject:

Shalom D-Way,

Lets see here. SIS7012 is supported by ALSA in the kernel and you are loading it as a module:

* Loading: snd-intel8x0

Have you installed alsa-lib? You should also probably run alsaconf. I didn't have to but I have seen references to it so I guess that is the way to go.

Btw, Your english is just fine....
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PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

ok

i emerge alsa-lib and restarted the computer and then ran alsaconf and i got this messege :

Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:07 pm Post subject:

But were you able to configure and get your sound working?

If you reboot your machine, please post the information from lsmod please.
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PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

i didnt manage to get my sound working at all , and alsaconf as you can see not exactly working...

and here is my lsmod :

Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

Well, strangely enough, you are missing the driver for your soundchip which is called snd-intel8x0...

How did you install Gentoo? How did you change from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5? Did you compile the kernel yourself? If so, what sound modules did you include? Specify which ones are a part of the kernel and which ones are compiled as modules.
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PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:50 pm Post subject:

i know im missing the driver , and the strange thing that after i compiled the kernel (myself) the driver was loaded but i didnt and i didnt get any error messege when booting , but i also didnt get any sound , so i tried to recompile the kernel again with another module (C-Media 8738, 8338) but then i got back to my normal configuration (Intel i8x0/MX440, SiS 7012; Ali 5455; NForce Audio; AMD768/8111) , and now im getting those errors.

here are my sound modules :

Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:09 pm Post subject:

OK, that was only a part of what I was looking for actually. I think it is just a matter of configuration gone wrong here. This is what I would install in the kernel (I am looking at a 2.6.5 kernel) if I was you:
Go to "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture --->" and select the following:

Module: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
Module: Sequencer support
Module: OSS Mixer API
Module: OSS PCM (digital audio) API
Kernel: OSS Sequencer API

Go to "PCI devices --->" and select the following:
module: Intel i8x0/MX440, SiS 7012; Ali 5455; NForce Audio; AMD768/8111

That is it. That is what I am using on both my machines (except for the audio driver itself that is different). Do not select anything under "Open Sound System --->"!!
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PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:12 pm Post subject:

thanks!

shoukd i emerge alsa-driver after i recompile my kernel?
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Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:15 pm Post subject:

No! The alsa-driver is for the 2.4 kernels! That is what this is all about

ALSA drivers are now in the kernel so you should not install alsa-driver. You should use the alsa-lib and even getting the alsa-utils doesn't hurt but that is it.

Good luck!
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Purrkur · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject:

Oh, and I forgot an old classic....

Check your mixer settings! They are almost always either muted or down to zero by default so you won't hear anything by default! Jack them up and turn them on when you test your sound!
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PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:19 pm Post subject:

thanks!
now my alsa boot witout errors...

here is my lsmod:

Jaroslaw · n00b Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 2

Hey!

Okay, i've got a similar problem.
I can play sound, but i think, that the sound is not played by the alsa-driver.
I'm using Gnome 2.6 , Kernel 2.6.5 and i've edited the Config-Files in the same way like D-Way.

The strange thing is, if i open the mixer in Gnome, it lists two devices. The one is called "C-Media Electronics CMI9739 [Audio Mixer (OSS)]" and the other device is called "SiS 7012 [ALSA Mixer]".
It is funny, that the PCM level in the ALSA tab is at zero. The second funny thing is, that i can't raise the level. Rather i'm allowed to change the volume at the C-Media Tab ..
Playing a mp3 with XMMS works just, if i select the OSS mixer in XMMS. Choosing ALSA, i don't hear anything. And if i set the volume in XMMS to 2 %, i've got the full volume, instead of the 2 %, which is selected in XMMS.

So, what could this be?

Following i paste my configs:

/etc/modules.d/alsa.conf

PsychoDad · Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

well here is a little update...

it seems to be that i got sound , becuse i emerged gaim today and it playes sound (when sending a messege for example)...

strange...
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Purrkur · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:09 am Post subject:

Good stuff!

I also think it is the mixer issues that Jaroslaw mentioned. Play around with it for a bit. I am sure that you will figure it out!
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PsychoDad · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject:

well i played around with the mixer and still nothing

...

i cant here sound when im playing a music cd...
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Purrkur · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:10 pm Post subject:

Hmmm. This seems to be a persistent problem....

I checked on the forums and I ended up finding a post where somebody said that you would need the AC97 module as well. Try compiling that in to see if it makes any difference.

Also, are you getting any errors in dmesg? It would help in solving your issues. If you search for SIS7012 on this forum then you will get many hits. Seems to be a common problem.[/url]
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PsychoDad · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

ok thanks !

but it strange cuase im know the module is loaded :

Purrkur · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject:

OK, sorry. If it is already there then you don't need to do anything.

Is dmesg reporting any sound related errors? If you start kmix in KDE manually, does it report any errors? I need something to go on here in order to help you. I am pretty certain that your problems are mixer related, but I am not really sure why. I found another SIS7012 user that is also having the same problems here:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=44366&highlight=7012+mixer

But nobody is giving him any help

I have also been brainstorming a bit. Is your user a part of the "audio" group? Is there any difference in sound behaviour between a regular user and root?

Also, where are you trying to play sounds? In Xmms? Are you certain that you have it configured correctly? Use the aRts output plugin in Xmms if that is what you are using (and running KDE).

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PsychoDad · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject:

i got sound!!!!

i dont know exactly what i did exept maybe changed im my /etc/modules.d/alsa from

Purrkur · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:22 am Post subject:

Excellent!!!
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